(Hebrew: “Eighteen”) The Eighteen Benedictions, the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy, known also as the Amidah (“Standing Prayer,” since it is recited while standing) and, in the Talmudic literature, simply as HaTefillah...

(Hebrew. ‘Standing’). A prayer consisting of eighteen *blessings which is recited at each of the three daily *synagogue services. The Amidah, which is also known as the *Shemoneh-Esreh (‘Eighteen’) or Ha-*Tefillah (‘The...

(Hebrew. ‘May it arise’) Hymns sung in the *synagogue at the evening service on *Yom Kippur. It is based on the *Yaaleh ve-yavo...

It is customary for members of a congregation to make silent *prayers at certain points in the *synagogue...

The Amidah ("Standing Prayer"), also called the Shmona Esre ("The Eighteen Blessings"), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. As Judaism's prayer par excellence, the Amidah is often designated simply as tfila ("prayer") in Rabbinic literature....