Maʿamadot

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Ma'amadot , also Maamadot (translated from Hebrew: standing teams ), amad = ( standing before God) , were (priestly) temple servants who represented third parties who could not personally make sacrifices in Jerusalem on holidays . The term amad refers to the fact that in principle “the whole people” have to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem on holidays to make sacrifices. Since this was in fact never possible, it became a custom from the time of the Second Temple that the people were represented by those involved in temple service in rotating groups (a total of 24 service groups). All other believers gathered in their local synagogues for prayer. It is assumed that in addition to participating in the sacrifice, the devout parishioners also included intercessions in the prayers.

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  1. Schoeps S 537 (see lit.)
  2. Ismar Elbogen: The historical development of the Jewish worship service , J. Kauffmann , Frankfurt am Main 1931, p. 239 (online)

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