Rabbi Mordechai Goodman, Director of Jewish Education Manchester continues his course on "The Spirituality of Prayer" on Wednesdays at 8.15pm in Shul. He is focussing on the weekday Amida prayer.
Rabbi Goodman says: The prayer of the Shemoneh Esrei/Amidah is Judaism's most formal prayer. Composed by the Anshi Kneses HaGedolah (Men of the Great Assembly) in the early years of Bayis Sheni it's been recited at least three times a day since then.