Amidah

The Amidah is said three times daily, in the morning, afternoon, and evening.

On public fast days, special prayers for mercy are added to the Amidah.

The Amidah is not said out loud at night.

At the morning and afternoon services, the Amidah is repeated out loud by the prayer leader.

Verse 14 is recited during the closing to the Amidah.

One exception in the Amidah, the main prayer, which is abridged.

Why was the Amidah established as a silent prayer?

If one makes an error while leading a congregation in saying the Amidah, a substitute must pick up where the person left off.

The Amidah would then be recited in full privately by participants when they returned to their homes.

Also, the blessings before meals and the wording of the Amidah.

The main addition is a fourth recitation of the Amidah specially for these days.

Can peace be achieved if the weekday Amidah's central petitions are heard?

I am regularly moved by the meditation we find in the siddur at the end of the Amidah.

Therefore, when saying the Amidah one's voice should be audible to oneself, but not loud enough for others to hear.

However, this does not apply to the Amidah.

This Amidah is called the musaf, or additional service.

For this reason, the Amidah should be recited during the time period in which the tamid would have been offered.

Verse 7 is part of the closing paragraph of the Amidah.

One must say the Amidah every day, but may abbreviate it if he is not familiar with the prayers or an emergency situation comes up.

This is a single blessing designed to summarize the seven blessings of the Amidah, for those who came late.

A brief mention of rain continues to be inserted in the amidah until Passover.

It is said daily in the second blessing of the Amidah, the central Jewish prayer.

Jewish prayer services are held whenever the Amidah prayer is said.

The shevach and hoda'ah are standard for every Amidah, with some changes on certain occasions.

Because of this, Amidah is said at the same time of day as sacrifices: