Amidah
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- Origin
- When the ''Amidah'' is recited
- Structure of Weekday Amidah
- The nineteen blessings
- Concluding meditation
- The repetition
- Shortened repetition
- Manner of prayer
- Concentration
- Interruptions
- Quiet prayer
- Standing
- Facing Jerusalem
- Three steps
- Bowing
- Special ''Amidot''
- Shabbat
- Festivals
- Mussaf
- Ne'ila
- Truncated ''Amidah'' (''Havineinu'')
- Seasonal changes
- Prayers for rain and dew
- Mentioning rain
- Requesting rain
- Conclusion of Shabbat and festivals
- The Ten Days of Repentance
- Fast days
- Ya'aleh VeYavo
- Al HaNissim
- Modern changes
- Within the early Christian Church
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|A mixed-gender Amidah at Robinson's Arch, [[Western Wall]]
The Amidah (), also called the (), is an important prayer in Judaism. Religious Jews recite the Amidah during each of the three services prayed on weekdays: Morning (), afternoon (), and evening (; also called ). On Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh (), and Jewish holidays, after the morning Torah reading, a fourth Amidah is recited during ( (). Once annually, a fifth Amidah is recited during the ''Ne'ila () service of Yom Kippur. Due to the importance of the Amidah, in the Rabbinic literature it is referred to only as "ha-tefila" ().