{"id":8313,"date":"2016-02-12T00:10:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T22:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:50:52","slug":"03-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-12-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10. Personal Requests in the Amida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Men of the Great Assembly, in their wisdom and divine inspiration, incorporated all the ideal aspirations of the Jewish people in their formulation of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. They meticulously chose every word until arriving at the perfect wording, with which the Jewish soul can pour itself out before the Creator in the most exalted manner possible (above, 1:6).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Even so, if one wishes to add personal requests in the middle <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakhot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, she may. However, in the first three <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakhot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, which are intended to praise God, and in the last three, which are intended for thanksgiving, one may not add personal requests, so as not to detract from their general purpose (SA 112:1; 119:1).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The personal requests permitted in the middle <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakhot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> must be related to the theme of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. For example, one may pray for the sick in <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Refa\u2019enu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, for livelihood in <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Birkat Ha-shanim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, or for relatives to make <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">aliya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> in the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Kibbutz Galuyot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. In this respect, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Shomei\u2019a Tefila<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> is unique in that one may make all types of requests in it. Since it is the culmination of the petitionary <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakhot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, it encompasses them all. When one adds personal requests, she begins by reciting the fixed formulation and adds her request just before the last line of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Personal requests are not only permissible but even encouraged, according to many, since the personal prayers come from the depths of the heart and inspire <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">kavana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. Nevertheless, it is preferable that one not prolong her personal prayers excessively, not even in <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Shome\u2019a Tefila<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, because the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">is primarily focused on collective needs, and when one adds numerous personal requests, it negates the universal character of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. It is better that one who wishes to add more personal prayers does so after finishing all the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">berakhot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> and saying (the first instance of) \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Yihyu le-ratzon\u2026<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201d since everything recited after that is not fully part of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Nevertheless, since she has not yet taken three steps backwards, she is still standing before the Almighty in prayer, and her personal requests are joined together with the main part of the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> (SA<\/span><i> <\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">119:2; MB 119:12).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">One must express her requests in the <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Amida<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"> properly. Therefore, when praying for the sick, the patient\u2019s name should be mentioned. <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Le-khat\u0125ila<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">, it is good to mention the patient\u2019s name along with his mother or father\u2019s name. However, in the presence of the patient, it is unnecessary to mention his name, for her intention is clear (MB 119:2). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Men of the Great Assembly, in their wisdom and divine inspiration, incorporated all the ideal aspirations of the Jewish people in their formulation of the Amida. 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