Questions tagged [prayer-book]
Questions about the various prayer books used by Jews, and the prayers contained therein.
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How to make a personal siddur/birchon/bentsher as a wedding present
I'm looking for a convenient software that allows me to create and design a personal siddur/birchon/bentcher to give as a wedding present. In particular, I would like to have a convenient way to ...
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Who coined “הן גאלתי אתכם אחרית כראשית”?
While trying to answer "1-5th-of-the-jews-will-make-it-past-the-messiah" I remembered the verse we say every morning but realized I didn't know its source.
I googled but except for Kedushas Levi that ...
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Appropriate to slightly modify wording as one recites siddur prayers?
For instance, if the wording states "protect me," could one add "me and my family?" Or if the wording refers to "we" (plural) could it be modified to "I" (singular) or vice-versa?
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Where I can find an original Nusach Paras (Persian) Siddur?
Where can I find a siddur with the original Persian (Parsi) Nusach (if such a siddur exists)?
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Livorno siddurim
Since my old siddur is on the process of dying, I am in the market for a new siddur. I understand that some of the reprints of the Livorno siddurim in print today have incorporated some changes to the ...
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Ideas for discovering the history of benchers
I'm thinking of making a "bencher museum". I'd like to gather some ideas from our readership for this project.
I have a selection of old benchers from the 60's as well as a larger assortment of more ...
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What was the first “Siddur” prayer / section?
Outside of Shema and the Amidah, can someone explain the chronology of what sections of the Siddur service as we currently have them were added? E.g. was Psukei Dezimra added first? Blessings before / ...
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Printing a once-off siddur that would require genizah
I have been asked to compile a booklet containing the Shacharit service for a special occasion. The printed booklets (currently 60 pages long, double-sided 2-per-page, so 15 pieces of paper each) will ...
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The Siddur of R Yaakov Emden
Is there a version of R Yaakov Emdens siddur online?
Also how is the Siddur different from the Artscroll Ashkenazi Siddur which I am more familiar with?
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Is there a Siddur authored by the Gra?
Is there a Siddur authored by the Gra or his talmidim that goes according to him?
If so is there a copy online?
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Information about the Vilna Siddur
I am looking for information on the Vilna Siddur.
What is the vilna/vilnis Siddur?(for example how is it different than a regular Ashkenazi Siddur)
Who authored it?
And is there a copy online?
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The reverse name YHWH not for Adar?
As most of us know, each month has a combination of the holy name YHWH - that's 3 letters YHW times 4 places gives 12 combinations. It is intended to be kept in mind while saying the Brocho of Musaf ...
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Why is G-d mentioned in the feminine sometimes?
In one part of the Birkat Hamazon we say "veal hakol... anu modim lach umevarchim otach".
This is only one small example, and there are many others, but why is God being adressed in the feminine "...
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Writing HaShem's Hebrew Name
Can I write any of HaShem's Hebrew names in pencil, in my Siddur? Any of his "Hebrew" names that is, not English.
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At what point in the morning prayer should one answer kedusha?
If one finished saying Krias Shema in Shacharis at the same time as the congregation is starting their silent shmone esray, my understanding of Shulchan Aruch O"C 109:2 is that one has to delay and ...
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What is the source for attempting to avoid daily challenges?
What is the source for the oft-repeated idea of trying to avoid daily challenges/nisyonos?
As one example, in daily prayers, we say "...וְאַל תְּבִיאֵנוּ...וְלֹא לִידֵי נִסָּיוֹן" - "Do not bring us ...
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Why is fem. description used to refer to days of Mashiach?
Near the end of the Uva Letzion prayer, there is a phrase that refers to ימות המשיח. This sounds like a feminine ending. Shouldn't the phrase be ימי המשיח as the word יום is masculine?
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Why is the pasuk in Nechemia split in davening?
In pesukei d'zimra, my siddur splits up the pasuk from Nechemia 9:8
וּמָצָאתָ אֶת לְבָבוֹ נֶאֱמָן לְפָנֶיךָ וְכָרוֹת עִמּוֹ הַבְּרִית לָתֵת אֶת אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי ...
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Why was Adon Olam reduced from 16 to 10 verses?
Why did Ashkenazim cut down the original Adon Olam from 16 to 10 verses? (See original below, by Solomon ibn Gabirol, 11th century Muslim Spain.) Sephardic siddurim still have all 16 verses, ...
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Is it OK to recite prayers by heart?
I remember reading that you are supposed to pray by reading from a siddur -- that it is not OK to recite the prayers by heart. Is this true? If it is, what is the reason, given that in olden days ...
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Chabad beginner visiting a Modern Orthodox shul
I have been practicing my observance with a super-friendly Chabad congregation but my area, predominantly secular and Modern Orthodox, has a bunch of MO congregations that I'm very curious to visit, ...
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Why is the word “Halleluya” not translated in the siddur? [closed]
The word "halleluya" appears many times in the siddur. Typically the word is not translated in a Hebrew-English siddur. But the Hebrew word can be translated. Why is the word "halleluya" typically ...
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What was the first siddur to contain an aleph-bet chart?
Many siddurim (prayerbooks) published today contain a chart of the Hebrew alphabet towards the beginning (see e.g. page 11 of this pdf).
What was the first siddur published to contain an alphabet ...
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Why does chabad say “Yisbareich” instead of “yisbarach”?
Why according to the Nusach Ari (siddur "Tehilat Hashem") does it say "yisbareich" instead of "yisbarach" in Kaddish?
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Is there a siddur for the Jews of Aden?
Do Adenim (Jews from the Yemenite city of Aden) have a nusach and a siddur unique to them?
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Where are we commanded to read the hallel?
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם. אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְותָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לִקְרא אֶת הַהַלֵּל
You are blessed, O God, our God of the world who hath commanded us his mitzvot to read ...
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Why is Yismach Moshe in the Shabbat Amidah?
On Shabbat morning, the fourth Amidah blessing includes Yismach Moshe:
"Moshe rejoiced in the gift of his portion: That You called him a faithful servant. A crown of splendor You placed on his head ...
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What was the order of “Shacharit” in the Bet Hamikdash?
I'm assuming that the majority of the format of the Siddur that we currently have and use did not exist during the time of the 1st Bet Hamikdash. Perhaps, by the 2nd Bet Hamikdash, some items were ...
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Is there an online siddur without vowels / niqqud? [duplicate]
I see that this was asked back in 2012, but perhaps the answer has changed since.
Reason: as a personal project of sorts, I am attempting to produce a siddur that uses the (Paleo) Ancient Hebrew ...
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Inconsistent (?) use of B'rachamav in Kaddish
This question deals with the origin of the inclusion of "b'rachamav" in the Kaddish Derabonon/Yatom, and this site gives more history on it.
I noticed that the inclusion of the word "b'rachamav" ...
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Sepharad vs Sephardic siddurs/nusachs
I understand from Chabad's website, as well as my own Rabbi (who is Yeshivish) now that there is a difference between "Sepharad" and "Sepharadi" traditions and siddurs.
How do these differ? Who uses ...
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Hebrew-Spanish-Transliterated Siddur, Nusach Ashkenaz
I'm looking for Siddurim for some friends. Nusach Ashkenaz, Hebrew-Spanish-Transliteration. There seem to be quite a few Nusach Sephardi ones available for purchase online (As well there should be!) ...
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poetical works authored by women?
Are there any examples of songs, poems, piyyutim or kinnot from the time of the first temple until the 1700's (c.e.) which were authored by women and were adopted by traditional/orthodox communities.
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What is the connection between “sword and … bow” (Genesis 48:22) with “prayer and … supplication” (as rendered by Onkelos)?
What is the connection between "sword and ... bow" (Genesis 48:22) with "prayer and ... supplication" (as rendered by Onkelos)?
Verse:
וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּי לְךָ שְׁכֶם אַחַד עַל אַחֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ...
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Size of words in Siddur; from one blessing to the next in the Amidah [duplicate]
I have noticed that some siddurim use different font sizes for different berachot in the Amidah. I initially thought that the larger fonts are used for less frequent parts of the Amidah, to assist the ...
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Mogein Ovos and Veshomru - kahal then chazan
Are there any mekoros/reasons as to why many siddurim say that Veshomru (on Friday night after Hashkiveinu) and Mogein Ovos (in brocho mei'ein sheva) should be said by the congregation first and then ...
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Mah Tovu comparison within the verse
Bamidbar/Numbers 24:5 contains the famous verse which is also recited in the Mah Tovu prayer: How goodly are thy tents, O Ya'akov, thy dwellings, O Yisrael
- מַה-טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ, יַעֲקֹב; ...
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Line break before למען ירבו ימיכם
In most of my prayer books there is a line break before למען ירבו ימיכם in the second chapter of the Shema (see also this one from Vilna or Zhytomyr):
וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־שָׁמֹ֤עַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־...
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Nikkud for Halleluyah
I was learning to chant Tehillim in Israel last year. The Syrians have a tradition for how to chant psalms and they base their tradition off the Aleppo Codex.
In their siddurim, Halleluyah is written ...
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What siddur do the Mountain Jews use?
What siddur do the Mountain Jews use and how does it differ from mainstream Sephardi nusach?
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Shir shel yom — “said” vs “sang”
Why by the shir shel yom does it say "The leviem said" instead of saying "The Leviem sang?"
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Why would one use a Shilling for Terumah?
In my siddur -- Siddur Tefillah Hashalem (Greenwald), page 162 has a text for separating terumah and ma'aser. In the instructions, if my understanding is correct, the text seems to require using a ...
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How does the Siddur Torah Ohr differ from the Siddur Tehilas Hashem?
The most common Chabad siddur is obviously the Siddur Tehilas Hashem (TH), which was first published in Rostov, Russia in 1918. It is used by over 300,000 Chabad families worldwide. However, it's not ...
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Full Kaddish - Titkabel or Titkabal? [duplicate]
There is this line in the full kaddish: ..תתקבל צלותהון but the nikkud in my siddur read Titkabel, while in another it says Titkabal;
What's the difference? Which one should be used?
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Why do we thank G-d for giving the rooster understanding?
In the morning blessings, we thank G-d for various things. We thank Him for "opening the eyes" (poke'ach ivrim), "releasing the bound" (matir asurim), "straightening the bent" (zokef k'fufim), etc.
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Why do Ashkenazim recite both “ahavah rabbah” and “ahavat olam” but Sephardim only the latter?
In the paragraph before Kriyat Shema, the Ashkenazic custom is to begin with the words "ahavah rabbah" by Shacharit, and with the words "ahavat olam" by Ma'ariv/Arvit.
The Sephardic custom is to ...
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Why is there an Aramaic line after “Hashem yimloch l'olam va'ed” in Az Yashir?
Directly after the phrase "Hashem yimloch l'olam va'ed" * in the paragraph of Az Yashir in the siddur, the phrase is translated into Aramaic: "Hashem malchutei ka'eim l'alam ul'almei alma".
Why is ...
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Why is “Hashem Yimloch L'Olam Va'ed” repeated in Az Yashir?
The phrase "Hashem yimloch l'olam va'ed" (G-d will reign forever and ever) is repeated once in the paragraph of Az Yashir in the siddur. Why is this so?
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When were the tefillos formulated?
I have been told that before Galus Bavel the only prayer a Jew was required to pray was the Shema. (And I suppose Birkas HaMazon, as well.)
When the Jews were exiled to Bavel, the Anshei Knesses ...
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Font size variation within siddurim
People might write this off as a matter of typeface and nothing more, but why do so many siddurim vary the font size within the tefillos? I used to think that they made the more important tefillos ...
