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Individual Additions to Prayer

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If a person enters the synagogue and finds the congregation already praying the Amidah, may they begin their own Amidah?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

If a person entered after Kedushah has already passed, may they begin the Amidah, and until which point must they complete it?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

If a person must begin the Amidah to juxtapose Geulah to Tefillah (or because time is passing) and the chazzan reaches Modim while the person is mid-blessing, should the person bow?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Bowing During Amidah

What is the status of Amen after 'HaEl HaKadosh' and 'Shome'a Tefillah' — are they treated like Kedushah and Kaddish for purposes of waiting before the Amidah?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

What is the priority ranking among congregational responses (Kedushah, Kaddish/Yehe Shemeh Rabba, Modim, Barchu) when one cannot fulfill all of them?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Priority Ranking

If one begins the Amidah together with the chazzan, how should one synchronize when the chazzan reaches Kedushah?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

When one begins the Amidah together with the chazzan, should one aim to recite Shome'a Tefillah and Modim simultaneously with the chazzan?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

May an individual reciting the Amidah say Kedushah along with the congregation when the congregation is saying Kedushah d'Sidrah (U'va L'Tzion)?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Individual During Amidah

May an individual reciting the Shacharit Amidah say Kedushah with the congregation if the congregation is saying Kedushah of Musaf (Keter/Ne'aritzcha)?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Individual During Amidah

Does the requirement to complete the Amidah before Kaddish apply only in Ma'ariv (where there is no Kedushah), or also in Shacharit and Minchah?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation

If one is praying and will not be able to answer Kaddish, is it preferable to miss Kaddish or miss communal prayer (tefillah b'tzibur) for the next service?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Priority Between Kaddish and…

According to the Rambam's method, if one started praying simultaneously with the chazzan and cannot finish before Shome'a Tefillah, should one continue word-for-word with the chazzan to the end?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Praying With the Congregation