Qida as a preparation for Hishtakhaweh - Revision history

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-The term "to fall on the face" used in Genesis, 17:3, Numbers, 16:4, Numbers, 16:22, Numbers, 20:6, etc. and also the type of worship on Yom Kippur when the High Priest pronounced the special name of G-d involed a progression of ''Nefilah, Qida'' and ''Hishtakhaweh'' (falling, bending and prostration). The Talmud Sukkah 53a explains that it was both difficult and dangerous to do:
+The term "to fall on the face" used in Genesis, 17:3, Numbers, 16:4, Numbers, 16:22, Numbers, 20:6, etc. and also the type of worship on Yom Kippur when the High Priest pronounced the special name of G-d involed a progression of ''Nefilah, Qida'' and ''Hishtakhaweh'' (falling, bending and prostration).
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 :It was taught: They said of R. Simeon b. Gamaliel…he used to take eight lighted torches [and juggle them]… and when he prostrated himself, he used to dig his two thumbs in the ground, bend down, kiss the ground, and draw himself up again, a feat which no other man could do, and this is what is meant by Qidah. Levi showed in the presence of Rabbi what Qidah is and as a result, became lame [the tremendous strain dislocated his thigh]…

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		+	The term "to fall on the face" used in Genesis, 17:3, Numbers, 16:4, Numbers, 16:22, Numbers, 20:6, etc. and also the type of worship on Yom Kippur when the High Priest pronounced the special name of G-d involed a progression of ''Nefilah, Qida'' and ''Hishtakhaweh'' (falling, bending and prostration). The Talmud Sukkah 53a explains that it was both difficult and dangerous to do:
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		+	:It was taught: They said of R. Simeon b. Gamaliel…he used to take eight lighted torches [and juggle them]… and when he prostrated himself, he used to dig his two thumbs in the ground, bend down, kiss the ground, and draw himself up again, a feat which no other man could do, and this is what is meant by Qidah. Levi showed in the presence of Rabbi what Qidah is and as a result, became lame [the tremendous strain dislocated his thigh]…
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