page_title: Jewish prayer
hierarchical_section_title: Jewish prayer
caption_attribution_description: August 17, 2005. Soldiers pray before beginning the evacuation of the Israeli community of Bedolach. The evacuation of the Israeli community Bedolach was part of the Gaza disengagement in the summer of 2005.
context_page_description: Jewish prayer is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book.
  Prayer—as a "service of the heart"—is in principle a Torah-based commandment. It is not time-dependent and is mandatory for both Jewish men and women. However, the rabbinic requirement to recite a specific prayer text does differentiate between men and women: Jewish men are obligated to recite three prayers each day within specific time ranges, while, according to many approaches, women are only required to pray once or twice a day, and many not be required to recite a specific text.
  Traditionally, three prayer services are recited daily:
  Morning prayer: Shacharit or Shaharit
  Afternoon prayer: Mincha or Minha, named for the flour offering that accompanied sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem,
  Evening prayer: Arvit or Maariv
  Two additional services are recited on Shabbat and holidays:
  Musaf are recited by Orthodox and Conservative congregations on Shabbat, major Jewish holidays, and Rosh Chodesh.
  Ne'ila, is recited only on Yom Kippur.
context_section_description: Jewish prayer (Hebrew: תְּפִלָּה‎, tefillah [tfiˈla]; plural תְּפִלּוֹת‎ tefillot [tfiˈlot]; Yiddish: תּפֿלה‎, romanized: tfile [ˈtfɪlə], plural תּפֿלות‎ tfilles [ˈtfɪləs]; Yinglish: davening /ˈdɑːvənɪŋ/ from Yiddish דאַוון‎ davn 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book.
  Prayer—as a "service of the heart"—is in principle a Torah-based commandment. It is not time-dependent and is mandatory for both Jewish men and women. However, the rabbinic requirement to recite a specific prayer text does differentiate between men and women: Jewish men are obligated to recite three prayers each day within specific time ranges (zmanim), while, according to many approaches, women are only required to pray once or twice a day, and many not be required to recite a specific text.
  Traditionally, three prayer services are recited daily:
  Morning prayer: Shacharit or Shaharit (שַחֲרִית‎, "of the dawn")
  Afternoon prayer: Mincha or Minha (מִנְחָה‎), named for the flour offering that accompanied sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem,
  Evening prayer: Arvit (עַרְבִית‎, "of the evening") or Maariv (מַעֲרִיב‎, "bringing on night")
  Two additional services are recited on Shabbat and holidays:
  Musaf (מוּסָף‎, "additional") are recited by Orthodox and Conservative congregations on Shabbat, major Jewish holidays (including Chol HaMoed), and Rosh Chodesh.
  Ne'ila (נְעִילָה‎, "closing"), is recited only on Yom Kippur.
  A distinction is made between individual prayer and communal prayer, which requires a quorum known as a minyan, with communal prayer being preferable as it permits the inclusion of prayers that otherwise would be omitted.
  Prayers recorded in the Bible are personal compositions rather than a standard text. According to tradition, many of the current standard prayers were composed by the sages of the Great Assembly in the early Second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE). The language of the prayers, while clearly from this period, often employs Biblical idiom. The main structure of the modern prayer service was fixed in the tannaic era (1st-2nd centuries CE), with some additions and the exact text of blessings coming later. Jewish prayerbooks emerged during the early Middle Ages during the period of the Geonim of Babylonia (6th–11th centuries CE).
  Over the last 2000 years, traditional variations have emerged among the traditional liturgical customs of different Jewish communities, such as Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Yemenite, Eretz Yisrael and others, or rather recent liturgical inventions such as Hassidic, and Chabad. However the differences are minor compared with the commonalities. Most of the Jewish liturgy is sung or chanted with traditional melodies or trope. Synagogues may designate or employ a professional or lay hazzan (cantor) for the purpose of leading the congregation in prayer, especially on Shabbat or holidays.
caption: Morning Prayer, 2005.
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