amidah

Opening this primary prayer by invoking our ancestors emphasizes that our relationships with our parents is a model for our relationship with God.

The opening to the Amidah prayer shifts the perspective from personal needs to the long arc of Jewish history.

This meditation recited at the close of the Amidah comes from the Talmud.

This additional paragraph recited at the conclusion of the Amidah was one of a number of personal meditations the ancient rabbis would recite.

This prayer invoking the heavenly angels offers key insights into the purpose of prayer and our broader responsibility as religious people.

The prefatory verse of the Amidah reminds us that while prayer is mostly written in the language of 'we,' it yearns to be experienced in the language of 'I.'

This prayer recited during the Amidah is a bit of an outlier in the liturgy.

The Amidah is the centerpiece of traditional Jewish prayer.