Jewish prayer books (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 39. Chapters: Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings, Siddur, Siddur by publication, Kaddish, Aleinu, Amidah, List of Jewish prayers and blessings, Shema Yisrael, Tachanun, Hallelujah, Union Prayer Book, Siddur Sim Shalom, Ein Keloheinu, Mishkan T'filah, Birchon, Machzor, Minhag America, Philip Birnbaum, Ahava rabbah, Koren Siddur, Gates of Prayer, Shir shel yom, Tkhine, Ashrei, Yotzer ohr, Nuremberg Mahzor, Eugene Kohn, Yishtabach, Birkot hashachar, The Transliterated Siddur, Kedushah, Yehi kevod, Rinat Yisrael, Vayivarech David, Uva letzion, Barukh she'amar, Siddur Lev Yisrael, Braginsky Collection, Atah Hu Adonai L'Vadecha, Siddur of Saadia Gaon, Tehillat HaShem, Baruch Adonai L'Olam. Excerpt: The Amidah (Hebrew: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, Tefilat HaAmidah "The Standing Prayer"), also called the Shmoneh Esreh (¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, Shmoneh Esreh "The Eighteen," in reference to the original number of constituent blessings), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. These prayer, among other, is found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book. As Judaism's prayer par excellence, the Amidah is often designated simply as tefila (¿¿¿¿¿, "prayer") in Rabbinic literature. Observant Jews recite the Amidah at each of three prayer services in a typical weekday: morning, afternoon, and evening. A special abbreviated Amidah is also the core of the Mussaf ("Additional") service that is recited on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath), Rosh Chodesh (the day of the New Moon), and Jewish festivals, after the morning Torah reading, with various forms of the Amidah that depend on the occasion. The typical weekday Amidah actually consists of nineteen blessings, though it originally had eighteen; when the Amidah is modified for specific prayers or occasions, the first three blessings and the last three remain constant, framing the Amidah used in each service, while the middle thirteen blessings are replaced by blessings specific to the occasion. The language of the Amidah most likely dates from the mishnaic period, both before and after the destruction of the Temple (70 CE) at which time it was considered unnecessary to prescribe its text and content. The Talmud indicates that when Rabbi Gamaliel II undertook to fix definitely the public service and to regulate private devotion, he directed Samuel ha-Katan to write another paragraph inveighing against informers and heretics, which was inserted as the twelfth prayer in modern sequence, making the number of blessings nineteen. Other sources, also in the Talmud, indicate, however, that this prayer was part of the original 18; and that 19 prayers came about when the 15th prayer for the restoration of Jerusalem and of the throne of David (coming of th