Amida

amidah

עמידה

Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

קדושת השם

HOLINESS

Hebrew

אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ וְשִׁמְךָ קָדוֹשׁ
וּקְדוֹשִׁים בְּכָל יוֹם יְהַלְלוּךָ סֶלָה.
כִּי אֵל מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ אָתָּה.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה
הָאֵל הַקָּדוֹשׁ. / בְּשַׁבַּת שׁוּבָה: הַמֶּלֶךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ. /

Israeli

atah kadosh veshimcha kadosh
ukdoshim b'chol yom yehalelucha selah.
ki El melech gadol vekadosh atah.
baruch atah Adonai
ha-El hakadosh. / b'Shabat shuvah: hamelech hakadosh. /

If forgotten, repeat the Amida.

קדושת היום

HOLINESS OF THE DAY

Hebrew

אַתָּה אֶחָד וְשִׁמְךָ אֶחָד
וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ.
תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדֻלָּה וַעֲטֶרֶת יְשׁוּעָה
יוֹם מְנוּחָה וּקְדֻשָּׁה לְעַמְּךָ נָתַתָּ.
אַבְרָהָם יָגֵל, יִצְחָק יְרַנֵּן, יַעֲקֹב וּבָנָיו יָנוּחוּ בוֹ
מְנוּחַת אַהֲבָה וּנְדָבָה, מְנוּחַת אֱמֶת וֶאֱמוּנָה
מְנוּחַת שָׁלוֹם וְשַׁלְוָה וְהַשְׁקֵט וָבֶטַח
מְנוּחָה שְׁלֵמָה שָׁאַתָּה רוֹצֶה בָּהּ.
יַכִּירוּ בָנֶיךָ וְיֵדְעוּ, כִּי מֵאִתְּךָ הִיא מְנוּחָתָם
וְעַל מְנוּחָתָם יַקְדִּישׁוּ אֶת שְׁמֶךָ.

Israeli

atah echad veshimcha echad
umi che-amecha Yisra-el goy echad ba-aretz.
tiferet g'dulah va-ateret yeshu-ah
yom menuchah ukdushah le-amecha natata.
Avraham yagel, Yitzchak yeranen, Ya-akov uvanav yanuchu vo
menuchat ahavah unedavah, menuchat emet ve-emunah
menuchat shalom veshalvah vehashket vavetach
menuchah sh'lemah sha-atah rotzeh bah.
yakiru vanecha veyedeu, ki me-itcha hi menuchatam
ve-al menuchatam yakdishu et sh'mecha.

Commentary

Israel and the Sabbath all testify to one another; God and Israel testify to the holiness of the Sabbath; Israel and the Sabbath testify to the creative and redemptive power of God; God and the Sabbath testify to the uniqueness of Israel.”

תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדֻלָּה Splendor of greatness: As the day reaches its greatest intensity, the emphasis shifts to the experiential quality of the day itself. The word menuha, “rest, serenity,” appears seven times in this one paragraph, together with an idyllic description of a world at peace with itself: “a rest of love and generosity, a rest of truth and faith, a rest of peace and tranquility, calm and trust.” אַבְרָהָם יָגֵל Abraham will rejoice: a reference to the future, when the patriarchs will rejoice that their descendants have found peace and “the day that is wholly Sabbath.”

אַתָּה אֶחָד וְשִׁמְךָ אֶחָד You are One, Your name is One: As mentioned before, Shabbat is unique in that the central section of the evening, morning and afternoon Amida prayers is different on each occasion. There are three related explanations: (1) the prayers chart the movement from creation to revelation to redemption; (2) they speak of past, present and future; and (3) they describe the three stages of a wedding: betrothal, rejoicing and yihud, the coming together of bride and groom. The afternoon prayer fits this pattern closely. It speaks of redemption and the future, when “God shall be One and His name One,” and of yihud, when the Oneness of God joins the uniqueness of the Jewish people in perfect union. A Midrash teaches: “God, …