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Amidah

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Amidah

Jewish Sabbath prayer. It is said silently while standing facing the ark, the enclosure that houses the Torah scrolls in a synagogue. The Amidah contains 18 benedictions stating many of the ways in which God helps and supports people throughout their lives.



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In the morning one says the tefilah which began, "God of my Soul, which you have returned within me [mi Dio del alma que diste en mi]," (23) and afterward [some Psalms of David], the Shemah Israel, and later the Amidah .
``During the Amidah part of the service, there are a lot of people bowing, and for different parts.
That is why the original, determinative place for a Jew to recite the formula of havdalah, of making this critical distinction, is not in the Sabbath-ending ritual that is accompanied by wine, spices, and fire, but in the Amidah prayer that is recited in the dusky silence just before the ceremony, in the evening service on Saturday night.
 
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