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Why do yekkes say Shir Mizmor Le'Osof each morning?
In the siddur Sefas Yisroel from OpenSiddur it is written:
שיר מזמור לאסף has been recited since the end of the Geonic period - a few hundred years before the introduction of the שיר של יום. Its ...
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Gerer Chassidishe Minhagim
Gur Tefillin:
Square knot (edit: some wear single dalet) , Shel Yad Ashkenaz, Wrapping also Ashkenaz way, Brachos on both must be said standing.
Ksav: Ari Zal with Shin of Beys Yosef which is called ...
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Western Ashkenazi Siddur?
The Siddur used by most German communities nowadays is the Sfas Emes Siddur published by Victor Goldschmidt Publishing. However, even at its first publication in 1799, the nusach had been changed to ...
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A piyut refers to the converts: Keni, Na'aman, Ovadiah, Rachav, Na'amah and Ruth. How come?
1) Keni was one of Yisro's names. (See Rashi who brings the Mechilta about his many names and Rashi further mentions there that he converted; Shmos 18:1)
He is famous for exclaiming that now he knows ...
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What's the difference between sim shalom and shalom rav?
According to http://www.aishdas.org/asp/shalom-rav it is partly based on Nusach Bavel vs Nusach Eretz Yisrael
Two variants of Shalom Rav were found in the Cairo Geniza. Given the
similarities ...
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Gerer Chassidishe Minhagim
I have been trying to reconnect to my Gerrer roots. This is what I've discovered.
Tefillin:
They are standard size, not oversize like Chabad. The parchments are k'sav Beis Yosef (source: a Gerrer ...
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What's the difference between sim shalom and shalom rav?
Kipa.co.il links שים שָׁלום to the priestly blessing according to Orach Chayim 127 (2), so whenever there is a possibility for the priestly blessing, שים שלום is said.
The trouble there is that ...
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"People who recite Ashrei many times": a question on Tosafot
Tosfot is disapproving of the practice of including extra verses beginning with Ashrei before Psalm 145. In the roughly contemporary Machzor Vitri (89), we find Psalm 145 introduced with Psalms 119:1, ...
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Touching the tefillin during Ashrei
In Tefiloh Sefas Yisroel 1 Shacharit, note 63 on פּוֹתֵ֥חַ אֶת־יָדֶ֑ךָ it says
“The ancient מנהג of touching and kissing the תפילין during,
”פּוֹתֵ֥חַ אֶת־יָדֶ֑ךָ...“, is cited by רב משה מאינץ”.
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Why do Ashkenazim recite both "ahavah rabbah" and "ahavat olam" but Sephardim only the latter?
Note: This answer is from the OP.
Thanks to DanF, who pointed out that I should look on the website Beurei Hatefila for an answer, and to "go to that site when [I] have a tefilla-orientated ...
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Why no Kaddish yatom after alainu in siddur tefillo sfas yisrael, Shabbas Mincha?
Pages 506-517 (LI - LXII) at the end of the link discuss the historical evolution of Kaddish and the relevant points vis a vis the "Minhag Ashkenaz" in the siddur.
In relation to the possukim after ...
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Chazan's Recitation of Shmona Esrei - Nusach Ashkenaz
When I asked my LOR the rules in these situations he said:
The Chazzan starts the Shemoneh Esrei out loud as you mentioned.
He says the Kedusha with the Congregation as usual, and he finishes לדור ...
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Differences between the Rosh HaShanah service Ashkenaz/Sefard
In the Amidot of the Yamim Nora'im, in the blessing Kdushat Hashem, in Nusah Sfard four paragraphs beginning ובכן are added. In Nusah Ashkenaz, three are added.
In Avinu Malkeinu on Rosh HaShanah, in ...
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בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁמַע or בְצִלְצְלֵי שָׁמַע
The Aleppo codex has it with a "v". The Leningrad codex has it with a "v". Minchas Shay doesn't comment on this. I haven't checked any other authorities, but you can probably ...
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Reasons to say Psalm 30 before Barukh Sheamar
The Aruch HaShulchan (cited below) writes that Psalm 30 before Baruch Sheamar is part of Nusach Ashkenaz. He also offers an original reason for its recitation. He writes, "the practice of ...
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Re-tying Arizal tefillin with Ashkenazi knots
You can always retie the knots but the result won't be the same as Nusach Ashkenaz tefilin.
Many years ago I purchased Nusach Ari tefilin, after being told that ktav Ari was accepted by both ...
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When did the Kanievsky family switch from Chasidic to Litvish?
The Steipler kept his chassidish tefillin but bought Rav Chaim Ashkenaz Tefillin, although the steiplers father was a hornsteipler (chernoybl) chossid, the steipler learnt in navordok, a litvishe ...
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Why repeat the last verse of "Yoshev b'Seter Elyon"
A late answer, I know, but a different one (and, I must say that I still don't understand some of the claims made in the other answer so this one is as reasonable, but I can't find a source for it).
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Why no Kaddish yatom after alainu in siddur tefillo sfas yisrael, Shabbas Mincha?
Have a look at page 84 (siddur numbering; page 93 of that pdf file) - the end of weekday Mincha - of the same Siddur, and you shall find your answer:
According to Minhag Ashkenaz, the pasukim "...
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Should you lean your head while reciting the section after nefillat apayim in the M/Th Tachanun?
You may need to get a better sense of the evolvement of what we currently call "Tachanun" and what Nefilat Apai'im refers to, as they are not the same thing.
I'm excerpting various ideas from several ...
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Should you lean your head while reciting the section after nefillat apayim in the M/Th Tachanun?
The ArtScroll RCA siddur (Kol Yaakov) is more clear about it (page 132), specifically saying to keep your head down until יבשו רגע (the end of that paragraph).
The ArtScroll Chinuch siddur (Chaim ...
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Origin of responses for Kaddish
Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Gelbard says this is mentioned some earlier Siddurim such as פראג רע"ט ורע"ו;הנאו שע"ו ועוד. He says it is unclear who established this Minhag, however Sidur R' Shabsi in the ...
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Nusach Askenaz in siyum kaddish - vayatzmach purkanei?
I have seen Nusach Ashkenaz siyum reciters say "Veyatzmach". According to this article, it seems appropriate for everyone to say it. There are 5 types of Kaddish and the one recited at the end of a ...
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Differences between the Yom Kippur service Ashkenaz/Sefard
The biggest difference is that there is an entirely different Avoda. Ashkenazim say אמיץ כח, while Sefaradim say אתה כוננת. Some prayer books (at least Koren and artscroll) include the second version ...
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Why do Ashkenazim recite both "ahavah rabbah" and "ahavat olam" but Sephardim only the latter?
There is a concept found in Kabbalistic/Chassidic literature that ahavah rabbah, unlike ahavat olam, is available only on the ethereal plain of Atzilut, which is inaccessible to us. I do not ...
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When did the Kanievsky family switch from Chasidic to Litvish?
This says that gebrochts was a private neder.
"He did not eat gebrochts but allowed his family to do so. Because of
this, his meals were prepared in special keilim separate from the rest
of ...
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Friday Night Prayer before Maariv - Kegavnah or Bameh Madlikin
Kegavnah is a piece of Zohar, Parashat Terumah Page 135a, b that refers to the change in the world when Shabbat comes in, specifically when the words of Borchu of Maariv are said. It explains that the ...
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Saying Borchu Second Time Ma'ariv Nusach Ashkenaz
Nusach Sfard, Eidot Hamizrach, and also the Israeli Nusach Ashkenaz include a second barchu both at Shacharit and Maariv.
In Nusach Sfard (and Eidot Hamizrach), it is said after the kaddish right ...
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Nusach Askenaz in siyum kaddish - vayatzmach purkanei?
I have been to many (Nusach Ashkenaz) siyums, and have never heard the person say "VaYitzmach..." The siyums that I have been to include by alumnus of YU, Chofetz Chayim, and Lakewood. All are ...
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Does anyone know a siddur containing yotzrot (Ashkenaz or Sefard, preferably in print)?
Siddur Tefilla Hashalem -- A. Greenwald
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