Here is your Hebrew word of the month!
Our word for August is
ה ד י מ ע
Our word for August is Amidah (a-mi-dah), meaning Standing. Its root letters are ayin – mem – daled from the word “to stand.” Amidah is another name for the Silent Devotion portion of our service. Recall that last month we found that the name of the Silent Devotion, which is a main portion of a service, is “Tefillah”, meaning Prayer. Another name for it is Amidah, since we recite the Silent Devotion while standing. Next month we’ll learn a third name for the Silent Devotion.