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The Amidah itself – especially on weekday mornings and afternoons – is constructed on a triadic pattern. First it is said silently by the members of the congregation as individuals. Next it is repeated publicly out loud by the Leader. This is then usually followed by private supplications (Tachanun), also said quietly. As I have suggested above, this is a way of re-enacting the two modes of spirituality from which prayer derives. The silent Amidah recalls the intensely personal prayers of the patriarchs and prophets. The public repetition represents the daily sacrifices offered by the priests in the Temple on behalf of all Israel (there is no repetition of the evening Amidah because there were no sacrifices at night). Thus the prayers weave priestly and prophetic, individual and collective voices, into a single three-movement sonata of great depth and resonance.