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The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah, 'The Standing Prayer'), also called the Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה 'eighteen'), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. Observant Jews recite the Amidah at each of three daily prayer services in a typical weekday: morning , afternoon , and evening .
Berakhot (Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת, romanized: Brakhot, lit."Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
While the Mishnah can be read to say that all 18 blessings of Amidah are shortened, the Babylonian Talmud mentions that only the middle blessings [4] are shortened, but the initial 3 blessings and final 3 blessings are full. The Babylonian Talmud gives the precise text of the single blessing which replaces the middle blessings:
Psalms 113–118, recited as a prayer of praise and thanksgiving on Jewish holidays. Hallel is said in one of two forms: Full Hallel and Partial Hallel. Shir shel yom: שיר של יום Daily psalm. Each day has a different chapter to be said. There are also special chapters to be said on some special days. Ein Keloheinu: אין ...
Half Kaddish is recited just before the Amidah, in order to separate between the required Shema and the (originally) optional Amidah. The Amidah is followed by the full Kaddish (sometime with additions recited beforehand, see below). Unlike in other prayers, the Amidah is not repeated aloud by the chazzan in Maariv.
This responsum led other scholars [14] to believe that Yaaleh V'Yavo was originally composed for the Mussaf of Rosh Hashana, specifically for the Zichronot ("Remembrances") section of the poetic Amidah known as "Tekiata D'Vei Rav" (תקיעתא דבי רב: trans. "The Mussaf Shofar-Amidah of Rav's Yeshiva"), still used to this day.
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The Seven-Faceted Blessing begins with the beginning of the text of the first blessing of the Amidah; continues with the paragraph “Magen Avot” (מגן אבות), which summarizes the themes of all seven blessings of the Sabbath Amidah; and concludes with a paragraph about the sanctity of the sabbath, and a concluding sentence: "Blessed are ...