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In the bracha right before the Amidah during Shacharis, Nusach Ashkenaz and many variations of Nusach Sefard have:

שִׁירָה חֲדָשָׁה שִׁבְּחוּ גְאוּלִים לְשִׁמְךָ עַל שפַת הַיָּם. יַחַד כֻּלָּם הודוּ וְהִמְלִיכוּ וְאְָמְרוּ: ה' יִמְלךְ לְעולָם וָעֶד: צוּר יִשרָאֵל. קוּמָה בְּעֶזְרַת יִשרָאֵל. וּפְדֵה כִנְאֻמֶךָ יְהוּדָה וְיִשרָאֵל. [וְנֶאֱמַר:] גּאֲלֵנוּ ה' צְבָאות שְׁמו קְדושׁ יִשרָאֵל: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', גָּאַל יִשרָאֵל

However, the Chabad nusach and Nusach Edot Hamizrach omit the bolded words. Since nusach Chabad is techincally a variation Nusach Sefard, why is "Tzur Yisroel" omitted from the text?

Additionally, is this just in Nusach Chabad or do other Nusach Sefard versions omit these words? All of the "universal" (not belonging to a particular Chasdic dynasty or Rebbe) Sefard siddurim I've seen and davened from included the words.

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    Sephardic nussach, on which Arizal Siddur is build nussach has no tsur Israel. The Siddur of Rav Shneur Salman from Ladi follows more the Sephardic nussach than others
    – kouty
    Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 20:06
  • Ironically, in many old Nusach Ashkenaz Siddurim "Tzur Yisrael...veYisrael" was the only line in that paragraph.
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 20:37

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The following is a condensation of the explanation in the book שער הכולל (page 25, paragraph 19): The brakhah Emet ve-Yatziv is known to have the nature of being a blessing of hoda'ah (thankful acknowledgment), not baqashah (petition), so that that line of poetry, which is petitionary, seems like an insertion that doesn't fit.

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  • Is "Shirah Chadashah" part of the bracha of "Emes V'Yatziv"?
    – ezra
    Commented Sep 29, 2017 at 3:19
  • yes, @ezra, the blessing begins with the words "emes ve-yatziv" and ends with the words "barukh atah hashem ga'al yisra'el".
    – paquda
    Commented Sep 29, 2017 at 13:55

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