none2.0 –
My understanding is that prayer is a service of the heart not of the lips. When you see people run through the amidah as fast as they can that’s sad. I’m not sure TBH it even counts as an amidah. I think it’s like going to a fancy dinner and your host pulled out all the stops. The first course you linger. WOW! The best soup I’ve ever had! You spend half an hour enjoying it. How it feels on your lips. The taste, the texture, etc. THERE’S MORE!?!? Then comes an appetizer. Later a salad. Later something to freshen your palate. And so on. This person who went to such trouble to make such an elaborate meal, do you rush through? It’s an insult. Now too often I DO in fact rush through. And it’s sad. I know it doesn’t make G-d happy the way sitting and really talking with Him from my heart does.