At the heart of each service is the Amidah or Shemoneh Esrei.

The Kohanim participating in an Orthodox prayer service also deliver the Priestly Blessing, during the repetition of the Shemoneh Esrei.

In Orthodox public worship, the Shemoneh Esrei is usually first prayed silently by the congregation and is then repeated aloud by the chazzan ( reader ); the repetition's original purpose was to give illiterate members of the congregation a chance to participate in the collective prayer by answering " Amen.

In Orthodox public worship, the Shemoneh Esrei is first prayed silently by the congregation ; it is then repeated aloud by the chazzan ( reader ), except for the evening Amidah or when a minyan is not present.

* Avrohom Chaim Feuer Shemoneh Esrei, Mesorah, New York, 1990

* Zev Leff Shemoneh Esrei: The Depth and Beauty of Our Daily Prayer, Targum Press, Jerusalem, 2008.

7 Marcheshvan-V ' tein Tal u-Matar (" Deliver Dew and Rain "), a prayer, is added to the Shemoneh Esrei prayers in Israel.

Shemoneh Esrei ( The Amidah ), a series of 19 blessings is recited.

On those occasions, Hallel is usually chanted aloud as part of Shacharit ( the morning prayer service ) following the Shacharit's Shemoneh Esreh (" The Eighteen ", the main prayer ).

Among the developments in Judaism that are attributed to them are the fixing of the Jewish Biblical canon, including the books of Ezekiel, Daniel, Esther, and the Twelve Minor Prophets ; the introduction of the triple classification of the oral law, dividing the study of the Mishnah ( in the larger sense ) into the three branches of midrash, halakot, and aggadot ; the introduction of the Feast of Purim ; and the institution of the prayer known as the " Shemoneh ' Esreh " as well as the synagogal prayers, rituals, and benedictions.

But this can not mean that the benedictions were unknown before that date ; for in other passages the " Shemoneh ' Esreh " is traced to the " first wise men " ( Sifre, Deut.

A set of eighteen ( currently nineteen ) blessings called the Shemoneh Esreh or the Amidah ( Hebrew, " standing "), is traditionally ascribed to the Great Assembly in the time of Ezra, at the end of the Biblical period.

A set of eighteen ( currently nineteen ) blessings called the Shemoneh Esreh or the Amidah ( Hebrew, " standing "), is traditionally ascribed to the Great Assembly in the time of Ezra, at the end of the Biblical period.

The name Shemoneh Esreh, literally " eighteen ", is an historical anachronism, since it now contains nineteen blessings.

The name Shemoneh Esreh, literally " eighteen ", is an historical anachronism, since it now contains nineteen blessings.

Some Jews among the Dor Daim and Talmidhe haRambam understand both the Mishneh Torah and the Talmudic source texts concerning bowing in the Shemoneh Esreh to be teaching that one must always bow down upon his knees, not only during the High Holy Days, but throughout the year.

" R. Johanan said that, according to some, a baraita taught that one hundred and twenty elders, including some prophets, instituted the ' Shemoneh ' Esreh.

# They instituted the " Shemoneh ' Esreh ," as well as the benedictions and other prayers, as already noted.

" This liturgy included the twice-daily recitation of the Shema, the Amidah, or Shmoneh Esrei, including 18 blessings recited several times daily, and the public recitation of the Torah in installments.

The prayer recited for the bread is found in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants.

This ceremony is followed by Sahaj Paath Bhog, Kirtan Sohila, night time prayer is recited 1 week and finally Ardas called the " Antim Ardas " (" Final Prayer ") is offered the last week.

In Gardnerian Wicca, the Dryghten prayer is recited at the end of every ritual meeting contains the lines referring to the Horned God:

Most of the prayers in a traditional Jewish service can be recited in solitary prayer, although communal prayer is preferred.

Differences can include the texts of prayers, the frequency of prayer, the number of prayers recited at various religious events, the use of musical instruments and choral music, and whether prayers are recited in the traditional liturgical languages or the vernacular.

* Navkar Mantra also known as Namaskar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time.

Navakar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time of the day.

After that prayer of peace for all living beings recited followed by Namokar Mantra.

At the conclusion, Visarjan ( closing ) prayer is recited, which means knowingly or unknowingly if any mistakes are committed during the prayer please forgive.

A traditional Aramaic prayer called Kol Nidre (" All Vows ") is traditionally recited just before sunset.

Traditionally, three prayer services are recited daily:

* A fifth prayer service, Ne ' ilah ( נ ְ ע ִ יל ָ ה, " closing "), is recited only on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

The Seder Korban Pesach, a set of scriptural and Rabbinic passages dealing with the Passover sacrifice, is customarily recited during or after the Mincha ( afternoon prayer ) service on the 14th on Nisan.

Prayer services begin with the Kol Nidrei prayer, which must be recited before sunset, and continue with the evening prayers ( Ma ' ariv or Arvith ), which includes an extended Selichot service.

Specifically, the Avodah (" service ") in the Musaf prayer recounts in great detail the sacrificial ceremonies of the Yom Kippur Korbanot ( sacrificial offerings ) that are recited in the prayers but have not been performed for 2, 000 years, since the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.

This prayer is recited in a traditional, distinctive, plaintive melody during the cantor's repetition of the Amidah.

), and an offertory prayer is recited.

Before the decisive engagement, Licinius allegedly had a vision in which an angel recited him a generic prayer that could be adopted by all cults and which Licinius then repeated to his soldiers.

The Holy Du ' a is the obligatory prayer recited five times a day, as described in the Qur ' an: " And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember ( their Lord ):" The Holy Du ' a is read in the Arabic language.

Besides the canonical choral celebration of the Divine Office, a portion of which was recited at midnight, there were two hours of private prayer daily.

It is second only to the Kaddish ( counting all its forms ) as the most frequently recited prayer in current synagogue liturgy.

The round minarets, tall and graceful, rise from rectangular bases and have three platforms from which the muezzin can chant his call to prayer.

Traditionally, Jews recite prayers three times daily, Shacharit, Mincha, and Ma ' ariv with a fourth prayer, Mussaf added on Shabbat and holidays.

This prayer is done by taking three full cloves and holding one clove at a time between two ring fingers while keeping the clove head pointed forward while offering and reciting.

According to the Talmud, prayer is a Biblical commandment and the Talmud gives two reasons why there are three basic prayers: to recall the daily sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem, and / or because each of the Patriarchs instituted one prayer: Abraham the morning, Isaac the afternoon and Jacob the evening.

Bahá ' ís between 15 and 70 years of age are to perform a daily obligatory prayer, and can choose daily from among three, all of which are accompanied by specific rites, and preceded by ablutions.

Leadership at prayer falls into three categories, depending on the type of prayer: five daily prayers, Friday prayer, or optional prayers.

Sometimes the term mahzor is also used for the prayer books for the three pilgrim festivals, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot.

The Tanakh and siddur ( Jewish prayer book ) describe Shabbat as having three purposes:

The following morning, three young coconuts and three old soma nuts are offered by a priestess with prayer, after which the dye which has settled down in the water is collected, baked into cakes in coconut molds, wrapped in banana leaves, and hung up in the huts till required for use.

Unlike a regular day, which has three prayer services ( Ma ' ariv, the evening prayer ; Shacharit, the morning prayer ; and Mincha, the afternoon prayer ), or a Shabbat or Yom Tov, which have four prayer services ( Ma ' ariv ; Shacharit ; Mussaf, the additional prayer ; and Mincha ), Yom Kippur has five prayer services ( Ma ' ariv ; Shacharit ; Musaf ; Mincha ; and Ne ' ilah, the closing prayer ).

# Unlike regular days, which have three prayer services, Yom Kippur has five-Maariv, Shacharis, Mussaf, Minchah and Neilah

( These three times, plus in some congregations the Aleinu prayer during the Musaf Amidah on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, are the only times in Jewish services when Jews engage in prostration, with the exception of some Yemenite Jews and talmedhei haRambam ( disciples of Maimonides ) who may prostrate themselves on other occasions during the year ).