Kedushat HaYom section

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The Kedushat HaYom section is a central part of the Jewish High Holiday Amidah that focuses on the sanctity and unique holiness of the festival day.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kedushat HaYom blessing 1
Kedushat HaYom section canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish prayer text
liturgical section
associatedWith High Holy Days
Yamim Noraim
contains blessing formula for the holiness of the day
contrastsWith Shabbat-only Amidah text
weekday middle blessings of the Amidah
emphasizes covenantal relationship between God and Israel
special status of the High Holiday
focusesOn holiness of the festival
sanctity of the day
halakhicRole defines the day as a festival in the Amidah
language Hebrew
liturgicalCategory Amidah insertion
festival blessing
liturgicalFunction festival day blessing
sanctification of the day
liturgicalSource Jewish festival Amidah tradition
liturgicalStatus central component of High Holiday Amidah
mentions sanctification of the day (kiddushat hayom)
partOf Amidah
High Holiday Amidah
linked to: Amidah
positionInAmidah middle blessings
purpose to articulate the unique holiness of the High Holiday
to distinguish the festival Amidah from weekday prayer
recitationMode repetition of the Amidah by the prayer leader
silent Amidah
linked to: Amidah
recitedOn Jewish festivals
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
relatedConcept Kiddush of the day
relatedTo Shabbat Kedushat HaYom blessing
linked to: Musaf of Shabbat
religion Judaism
theme God’s kingship
holiness of time
uniqueness of the festival day
usedBy Ashkenazi communities
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews

Mizrahi communities
Sephardi communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews
usedIn Musaf Amidah
linked to: Musaf prayer

Rosh Hashanah Amidah
linked to: Amidah

Shacharit Amidah on festivals
linked to: Amidah

Yom Kippur Amidah
linked to: Yom Kippur Musaf

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unetaneh Tokef liturgicalPosition Kedushat HaYom section
Rosh Hashanah Musaf service includes Kedushat HaYom blessing
linked to: Kedushat HaYom section