{"id":6162,"date":"2010-01-11T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T02:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6162"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:30:08","slug":"02-11-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-11-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04 – The Time of the Amidah"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anshei Knesset HaGedolah<\/i> instituted praying three prayers every day, and established their times to correspond to the Tamid<\/i> offerings. The morning Tamid<\/i> was brought starting from amud hashachar<\/i>, and based on that, the time of praying Shacharit<\/i> l’chatchilah<\/i> should begin at amud hashachar<\/i>. Nonetheless, the Chachamim<\/i> say that it is proper to recite the Amidah<\/i> after netz hachamah<\/i>, as it is written (Psalms 72:5), \u201cYera\u2019ucha im shamesh<\/i>\u201d (\u201cLet them fear You from when the sun [shines]\u201d) (Berachot<\/i> 9b). B\u2019dieved<\/i>, if one recites the Amidah<\/i> from amud hashachar<\/i>, he fulfills his obligation because he prayed at the time when the morning Tamid <\/i>offering was brought (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 89:1).<\/p>\n
The most praiseworthy time to pray follows the manner of the early chasidim<\/i> (devoted ones) who prayed at vatikin<\/i>, for they would recite the Amidah<\/i> at netz hachamah<\/i>.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n The time to pray the Amidah<\/i> lasts four hours according to Rabbi Yehudah, for that is the last time that the morning Tamid<\/i> offering may be brought. Even though, in the opinion of the Chachamim<\/i>, the time to offer the Tamid<\/i> lasts until chatzot<\/i>, the halachah follows Rabbi Yehudah, since in Masechet<\/i> Eduyot<\/i>, in which all the mishnayot<\/i> were chosen as halachah, the opinion of Rabbi Yehudah is brought. Therefore, the time to recite Shacharit<\/i> lasts until the end of the first four hours of the day (Berachot<\/i> 27a). Even so, the Chachamim<\/i>\u2019s words were not rejected completely, and if four hours passed and one did not yet recite Shacharit<\/i>, he may b\u2019dieved<\/i> pray until chatzot.<\/i> Although his prayer does not have the value of prayer recited on time, nevertheless, it still has certain value (as clarified further in halachah 11).<\/p>\n