Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading Your private, silent Amida is your priority. It
takes concentration. Shul sounds in the background can be
distracting. Don’t let them be. You’ve got work to do. Find yourself
a good spot to stand for your Amida. A
place where you won’t be bothering anyone else, especially if you
are taking a long time to daven. If you are still in your Amida when
the congregation is ready for Kedusha, then you have to stop, wait,
and listen - but you do not say Kedusha with everyone else. Your
listening is considered “K’ILU”, as if you
are saying it. Except that you are not saying it, because you cannot
interrupt your own Amida. Nor can you continue davening while the
KAHAL is saying Kedusha. Stop, look, and listen. It is important not
to inconvenience others in your attempt to daven better. Violating
interpersonal mitzvot while seeking to fulfill a Jew-to- G-d mitzva
is kind of counter-productive. What you will mostly miss out on are
the many PIYUTIM that were added to the siddur over many centuries
of Jewish life and experience. PIYUTIM are beautiful and precious to
us, but they do not supersede the basic text of the Amida. [The Parshiot Nitzavim-Vayeilech Homepage]
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