Episode 21: Amidah for Divine Play

The Amidah (Hebrew: העמידה) is one of the most important prayers in Jewish liturgy. It is sometimes simply called hatefila (התפילה) or the prayer. This text represents a highly revised version of the Amidah, where the prayer is not made directly to the Judaic God – Yaweh, or Elohim – but to divine play. Whether or not divine play is one cosmological force amongst many within the Judaic God’s powers does not seem to be relevant. The structure of the Amidah is retained; its contents are highly edited.