Yom Shabbat Prayers

TEFILAT SHACHARIT
TEFILAT MUSSAF
TEFILAT MINCHA

TEFILAT SHACHARIT

The Shabbat morning prayer begin later than on weekdays, since "Sleep on Shabbat is a pleasure". Proof was found to uphold this from the Torah, since the Shabbat sacrifice was not brought early in the morning.

The Shabbat morning service is different than on weekdays:

In the morning blessing, we add verses relating to the Shabbat sacrifices
(Bamidbar 28:9-10).

In the Pesukei Dezimra we add chapters from Tehilim. These were added
in the time of Rabbi Amram Gaon in Babylonia. They appear in his Siddur,
which was the first one written in Babylonia.

The blessing before the Shema are similar to those of the weekday, but the
first one was expanded and is made up of three parts:

Hakol Yoducha
Kel Adon
Lakel Asher Shavat

The morning Amida contains the blessing of Yismach Moshe.

THE MUSSAF PRAYER

Mussaf is said after Shacharit. This prayer is mentioned in Tosefta: "One who recites the Mussaf parayer may do so whether the daily sacrifice was already brought or even if it was not yet brought up (Tosefta Brachot 3:2).

This service was based on the first and last three blessings of the Amida, but after the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed, the order of the Mussaf sacrifice was added.

TEFILAT MINCHA

Before the reading of the Torah we say, "Va'ani tefilati..."
"David said before Hashem: Master of the world: this nation is not like others. When others drink and become drunk, they become wild, but we are not like that. Even though we have drunk, we continue to offer up our prayers to you.

The main prayer of the Mincha service is the Amida:

"You are One and Your name is One and who is like Your nation Israel, a unique nation in the world."

This paragraph is based on two excerpts:

"Hashem has avouched you this day to be your G-D" (Devarim 26:18.
Three partners vouch for one another: Israel, Shabbat and Hashem.
Israel and Hashem testify that Shabbat is the day of rest. Israel and
Shabbat testify that Hashem is the one and only in this world" (Chagiga 3).

After the repetition of the Chazan we say: "Tzidkatcha tzedek". These three verse serve as our bowing before divine justice.

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