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It is one thing to describe an experience, another to live it. One of the striking features of the weekday morning service is its threefold repetition of the Kedushah (“Holy, holy, holy”), once before the Shema (known as kedushat yotzer); a second time during the Reader’s repetition of the Amidah; and a third time during the prayer “A redeemer will come to Zion” (known as kedushah de-Sidra). The first and third are different from the second in that: 1. they do not require a minyan, and 2. they do not need to be said standing.

The Kedushah – one of the supreme moments of holiness in Jewish prayer -is constructed around the mystical visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel, of GOD enthroned in majesty, surrounded by angels singing His praises. In the first and third Kedushot, we describe the angelic order; in the second we enact it, using the same words, but this time in direct, not reported, speech (Geonim, Maimonides). The intensity of Kedushah is heightened by this three-movement form: first the anticipation and preparation, then the experience itself, and finally the recollection.