Questions tagged [shemoneh-esrei]
Literally "eighteen". Also called the "Amidah". The prayer consisting of 19 blessings, recited three times daily, and four times on Shabbat and Yom-Tov. It forms the backbone of all of the daily prayers.
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Why do some versions of the Amidah not have the ו on וקונה הכל?
In the first blessing of the Amidah, there's part that often says וְקוֹנֵה הַכּל ("and creates everything"). It looks like this in many siddurim, e.g. ArtScroll, Lev Shalem, and Mishkan T'...
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Child wants bathroom during parent's Amidah
Are there any halachic guidelines when a child tells the parent that he wants to go to bathroom during the Amidah?
This occurred to me multiple times, with my 4-year-old who can use the bathroom alone ...
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Where is the source that one is supposed take out their peyos when they are davening Shemona Esrei?
There have been many times where I have seen people pull out their Peyos from behind their ears right before Shemona Esrei. Anyone I have asked said there is a source, but I can not locate it. (...
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Repetition of Hashem sefatai on Friday night
I've been thinking about lately whether should the prayer leader repeat ה' שפתי תפתח on Friday nights as in the morning or the afternoon? My gut feeling is that he shouldn't, because it's not a proper ...
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What to do if Baal Tefillah forgets Yaaleh ViYavoh and remembers during Sim Shalom?
A baal tefillah who forgets Yaaleh Viyavoh in his silent Shmoneh Esrei doesn't need to repeat Shmoneh Esrei, because he'll be yotzei with Chazaras HaShatz.
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Clapping during Amidah
I've seen (and heard) on occasion people clapping during Amidah, and I've always wondered why. Personally, I find it annoying, so I was wondering if there was some source that explained the reasoning ...
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What does פ׳ ב׳ פ׳ stand for in the context of prayer (specifically related to prayer #8 of the Amidah)?
In the Siddur I am using (Siddurenu, The Prayer Book Press, 1961), there is a supplemental prayer directly below prayer #8 of the Amida (on page 56) that prays for healing of specific individuals. (It ...
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Why on Yom Tov does the brocho in Amida change to "בְּךָ"?
Hi gut moed / moadim lesimcha everyone!
Does anyone know / have a source for why on Yom Tov at the end of the brocho in shemonei esrei we say:
וְיִשמְחוּ בְּךָ יִשרָאֵל
And yet on Shabbos we say:
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Davening Amidah quietly during Chazarat HaShatz
What is the custom when davening the amidah quietly. Assuming that someone is in the body of the amidah, I am aware that he has to stay quiet during kedusha, but if he is in Elokai netzor, he says “...
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Beracha of Knowledge
We say in the 4th beracha of shemoneh esrei that G-d gave us knowledge and we thank him for this. Yes, obviously everything comes from G-d, but in the beginning of humankind we had no knowledge, and ...
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Different traditions during the repetition of Modim
At the repetition of the Modim blessing the prayer leader and the congregation say two different things. I have seen two different customs at this point. As a shliach tzibur, I was taught to say מודים ...
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Mistakes in Amidah
I could not find this answered specifically, so I apologize in advance if this is a duplicate.
If you make a pronunciation mistake, or lose your place in the final section of the amidah, can you go ...
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Does the repetition (Chazaras Hashatz) need to be recited in the same place as the silent prayer (Amidah/shemonah esre)?
Does the repetition (Chazaras Hashatz) need to be recited in the same place as the silent prayer (Amidah/shemonah esre)?
To be specific can a minyan that already prayed silently together move ...
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Does it count as "praying with a minyan" you are saying a different service?
Let's say you arrive late while a congregation is saying Ma'ariv on a weeknight. Would it be counted as praying with a minyan if you said Ashrei to yourself then said the Minchah Amidah while everyone ...
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Is there a Possuk in Tanach that starts with a Pheh פ and ends with an Aleph א? [duplicate]
In the list for names printed in many Siddurim, there is no Possuk for פיגא.
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why is shema koleinu on current prayer or on the future
the gemara in megilla 18a says
that this bracha is part of a sequence of events that will occur when moshiach comes .
yerushalaim…. dovid…..shomea tefilla….kobannn………
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Shaliach Tzibur saying personal prayer in Shema Koleinu
Recently I was in a Shul and the Shaliach Tzibur while saying the loud Shemona Esrei stopped in the middle of Shema Koleinu and quietly said a personal prayer.
Having never seen this done before, I am ...
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What should one do if his kippah falls off during the Amidah?
What should one do if he notices that his kippah fell off during the Amidah?
How does this depend on whether he is between brachot, in the middle of the body of a bracha, or saying the bracha itself?
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Did Rav Hai Gaon pray maariv twice on Friday night when the tsibbur prayed before tseit hakokhavim?
According to most early decisors, the evening shema should be said after tseit hakokhavim (see mishna Berakhot 1:1 and its gemara), and the rishonim debate how to deal with a tsibbur that is praying ...
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Hilchos Barech Aleinu in the Summer
Where does the Shulchan Aruch discuss if someone mistakenly asked for rain in in Barech Aleinu instead of saying "Vesein Beracha" and what is his ruling?
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Signing off the bracha of 'magen Avraham' with just Avraham
In Parshas Lech Lecha 12:2, the pasuk famously reads:
וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃
I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you; ...
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Is Ulichaporas Pasha a new request or a continuation?
When we say Ulichaporas Pasha in musaf on a rosh chodesh that is a leap year, is that supposed to be read/understood as a continuation of the previous request or as a new request?
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Repeat shemoneh esrei if you forget to say atah chonantanu but you already said havdalah
If someone did havdalah before davening maariv, would he have to repeat shemoneh esrei if he forgets to add “atah chonantanu”?
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Bowing at the end of Modim deRabanan
An answer tangentially mentions that there are those who say that one should also bow at the end of the Modim deRabanan. This is mentioned in Orach Chayim 127:1, and its foremost proponent seems to be ...
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Shemoneh Esreh Torah line for Name
Before Oseh Shalom in the Amidah, my Siddur says, "Here one may say a sentence from the Torah, which starts with the first letter of his first name and finishes with the last letter of his first ...
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Is davening with 10 people, of which only 6 daven along, considered תפלה בציבור?
Is davening with 10 people in attendance but only 6 people actually davening equivalent to davening in a minyan where 10 people are davening together or is it less preferable and ideally not something ...
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What is the source of this text?
At the end of Elokai Nitzor we say:
"עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן שְׁמֶֽךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן יְמִינֶֽךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן קְדֻשָּׁתֶֽךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ"
Is there a source for these sentences? The ...
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Why do we stop saying Morid Hageshem?
From Pesach until Succos, we stop saying mashiv haruach umorid hageshem in shemoneh esrei.
However, we would normally say it in the second blessing of the amidah, which is where we are only praising ...
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How does Rav Zevin see evidence of post-Churban editing in Vetechazena?
In HaMoadim BeHalachah, page 371, Rav Shlomo Zevin endorses the idea raised by Rav Yitzchak Isaac HaLevy that the tefillot were established before the destruction of the Second Temple. However, he ...
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Answering Amen After One Has Finished Sim Shalom/Shalom Rav
If one has finished Sim Shalom/Shalom Rav AND has said Yehiyiu L'Ratzon he may answer to kaddish and Yehei Shmei Rabbah. However, should he/may he answer Amen to the other blessings in Chazarat ...
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Malchus in Birkas Haminim
Many nuschaos of Birkas Haminim say "Malchus Zadon" instead of "v'hazeidim" (this is the german nusach I believe as well as that used by some chasidim). Nusach Chabad also says ...
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A minor (?) issue with spelling in Nusach Ari
Last Shabbes, I noticed that in two different nusach Ari siddurim (Torah Or and Tehillas Hashem), Modim in the Shemoneh Esrei either possesses or lacks a waw depending on whether it is a Shabbes or a ...
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What are the heterim for davening before neitz?
These days, neitz (at least in the Northeast of America) is at approximately 7:10 AM. There are many minyanim that I've been to that daven at 6:50 or earlier throughout the year, all but guaranteeing ...
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Answering Amen after Yihyu Leratzon
If someone, for some reason, forgot to say the 1st Yihyu Leratzon during Shemoneh Esrei and started Elokai Netzor, is he allowed to answer Amen to Kadish as he would be having recited the 1st Yihyu ...
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Is it appropriate to use the nusach of Rosh Hashanah on the days until Yom Kippur?
Is it appropriate or inappropriate to use the nusach of the High Holy Days when davening on the days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? Because we put additions into the Amidah (Zokhreinu, etc) ...
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Musaf verses for Rosh Chodesh on Rosh Hashanah
When Ashkenazim daven a Musaf Shemoneh Esrei, they read pesukim from Parshat Pinchas, related to event of the day.
For example, if it is Shabbat, they read in the Musaf Amidah the pesukim from ...
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Secondary reason for shortened Shmoneh Esrei on Shabbos?
The main view for why we shorten the Shmoneh Esrei on Shabbos is that we do not want to focus on the mundane, but rather the holiness of the day.
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Why Isn't There a Tefila for Fertility?
Within Shmoneh Esrai we daven for everyone of these items below, except for childbirth. Why?
R' Yochanan said: Three keys the Holy One blessed be He has retained in His own hands and not entrusted ...
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Geulah Blessing in the Amidah
The seventh ברכה of שמנה עשרה is the blessing of גאולה.
The blessing begins ראה בעניינו (some add נא in between).
When ראובן was born, לאה said כי ראה ה' בעניי.
The usage likely comes from תהילים ...
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Amida: Why not voice thanks for what you yourself received?
I have heard that we may add our own specific requests in the middle set of brachot of the Amida, if we feel the need, but that additions are not allowed in the first 3 or last 3 brachot. Why are we ...
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Changing facing during Amida
Is it allowed to change facing during the Amida, if one has find out that he\she is facing the wrong direction?
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Why mention healing everyone after the restroom and Jews in the amida?
After we use the restroom, we recite a benediction praising God for our ability to do so. The benediction ends by referring to him as the one "who heals all flesh", viz all people.
In the amida ...
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Why 'They hanged' rather than 'You hanged' in Al Hanissim?
In Al Hanissim on Purim, we praise Hashem directly
וְאַתָּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים. הֵפַרְתָּ אֶת עֲצָתו. וְקִלְקַלְתָּ
אֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתּו. וַהֲשֵׁבותָ לּו גְּמוּלו בְּראשׁו. וְתָלוּ אותו
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Nowadays, whom is Birkat Haminim directed at?
Today I saw this question: History of Birkas haMinim, which got me thinking: Nowadays, that we don't have Tzdokim or little Judaic Temple-cults like the Essenes, whom is the Birkat Haminim directed at?...
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10 men for Chazarat Hashats, needs the Chazan himself to count?
A case: I am Chazan and finished the silent Shmona Esre, someone say me to begin the Chazara because there are already 9 who finished their Shmona Esre, but I don't believe him, I want to count by ...
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Why is Mar son of Ravina's prayer commonly recited after Amidah?
Berachot 16b-17a lists a number of prayers that various amoraim recited at the end of Amidah.
Common practice (at least in the Ashkenazi and Edot Mizrach siddurim that I've seen) seems to be to ...
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How long must people wait in shul for a minyan?
Shulchan Aruch emphasizes the importance of davening the Amidah with the rest of the tzibbur.
If one is in shul and there are 8 or 9 people, should everyone wait before starting Amidah to see if ...
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Why does Pirkei d'Rebbi Eliezer only connect certain berachos of Shemoneh Esrei to events in Tanach?
According to Pirkei d'Rebbi Eliezer:
The first beracha of Shemoneh Esrei, "Blessed are You, Hashem, Protector of Avraham," refers to Hashem's protecting Avraham during the war with the four kings (ch....
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A question on "Sim Shalom"
The prayer "Sim Shalom", recited at the end of the morning Amidah, first says:
שִׂים שָׁלוֹם טוֹבָה וּבְרָכָה חֵן וָחֶֽסֶד וְרַחֲמִים עָלֵֽינוּ -- Grant peace, goodness and blessing, grace, ...
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How many times is the Amidah said in a year?
The Amidah is said three times a day during weekdays, four on Shabbat, and I believe a fifth time during Yom Kippur. Plus there are the repetitions of the Amidah that are said by the Chazen.
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