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How many editions of the "Authorised Daily Prayer Book" have there been?
Partial answer: According to this listing by a person who has been collecting all editions, there are 33 editions as of 2006, with further printings without changes from later years. Another edition ...
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What does פ׳ ב׳ פ׳ stand for in the context of prayer (specifically related to prayer #8 of the Amidah)?
In the 8th blessing, which is focused on healing the sick, there is a supplemental prayer as you point out, that a person can add in if they know anyone in particular who is unwell.
The "פ׳ ב׳ פ׳&...
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What am I supposed to be thinking about during Davening?
This is a very important question, but I think you are phrasing it wrong. Let me answer in a way that is a little too strong, for clarity:
You are not supposed to think of anything when you are ...
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Where do the Jewish prayers in the Siddur come from?
Try the translated (not transliterated) Artscroll. It will tell you which pieces are direct Psalms, and have footnotes when pieces are lifted (verbatim or paraphrased) from where in Tanach.
The main ...
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poetical works authored by women?
A fifteenth-century Spanish poet, Merecina of Gerona, composed a piyyut called מי ברוך נורא ואדיר. Unlike other Hebrew poetry by Jewish women prior to the 18th century, this work was discovered in a ...
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Where is Maharshal's commentary on birkat hamazon printed?
It seems that this commentary might not exist at all, and might be a mis-cataloguing that propogated to encyclopedia articles. In particular:
There's a Vienna 1603 printing of a commentary on birkat ...
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What am I supposed to be thinking about during Davening?
By way of introduction, the starting point is to have an awareness of whom you are praying before. If you can channel the mindset that you are standing before the Divine Presence it helps to provide a ...
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Bracha on Mechiat Amalek
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Zatzal in Taama Dikra end of Esther writes that most likely that when Mordechai hung Haman he made a Bracha Al Mitzvas Mechias Amalek.
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Where do the Jewish prayers in the Siddur come from?
This is a complicated question to answer. The siddur is made up of different prayers brought together from different eras. I will not give you an exhaustive list as that could be the subject of a ...
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Why is fem. description used to refer to days of Mashiach?
This form appears twice in Tanakh: Deut 32:7 (זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם) and Psalms 90:15 (שַׂמְּחֵנוּ כִּימוֹת עִנִּיתָנוּ).
Joüon and Muraoka's A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew calls this a poetic plural (see ...
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Orthodox Prayer and Ritual Book in English with physical motions described?
Hello Attribute and welcome to mi yodeya.
The following link is to an old book that might be exactly what you are looking for. It is called, To Pray as a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the ...
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Teimani/Yemenite Siddur in English
I spoke to an American I know who converted to Judaism and moved to Israel and adopted Yemenite customs. He confirmed that there is currently no such siddur on the market.
He says what he did was to ...
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Using meteg to mark non-ultimate accented syllables
Heinrich Guggenheim credits Wolf Heidenheim with this system in the introduction to his Haggadah. He writes:
Heidenheim also was the first to print the meteg when the accent is not on the last ...
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What siddur is used by Reform communities in Israel?
I found that there are actually Israeli Reform siddurim. The Israeli Reform Movement puts out two siddurim, an older version called העבודה שבלב and a more recent publication, סידור תפילת האדם.
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How to hold tzitzit and siddur when reading the Shema?
I recommend you put the sidur on your lap.
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Teimani/Yemenite Siddur in English
As others before me have said, there currently is no such siddur. I am actually in the process of having such a siddur made with the pirush (commentary) of Maharitz (one of the greatest yemenite ...
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Where can I find Torah, Tanakh, siddur in Arabic?
For Siddur you can try the Farhi Siddur which is written in Egyptian Arabic. You can find info here: https://farhi.org/Siddur/Siddur.htm
For Arabic translation of the Torah you can find some here by ...
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Sidur de nusaj sefardi occidental - Western Sephardic Nusach Siddur
(Spanish below)
There is a version of the Patah Eliyahou siddur (see link below), which is the most popular Sephardic siddur in France, published in Hebrew only. It includes both Western and Eastern ...
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What connection does וְהָיוּ לִמְשסָּה שאסָיִךְ וְרָחֲקוּ כָּל מְבַלְּעָיִךְ have with יָשיש עָלַיִךְ אֱלהָיִךְ כִּמְשוש חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה?
Great question!
Just like everyone mentioned, that phrase comes from Yeshaya 62:5, כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֤ל בָּחוּר֙ בְּתוּלָ֔ה יִבְעָל֖וּךְ בָּנָ֑יִךְ וּמְשׂ֤וֹשׂ חָתָן֙ עַל־כַּלָּ֔ה יָשִׂ֥ישׂ עָלַ֖יִךְ ...
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What am I supposed to be thinking about during Davening?
The Nefesh Hachayim section 2 chapter 13 says (translation from sefaria):
והעצה היעוצה על זה. הוא כמו שאמר המגיד להב''י באזהרה ב' שבריש הספ' מגיד מישרים ז''ל. ליזהר מלחשוב בשעת תפלה בשום מחשבה אפילו ...
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What am I supposed to be thinking about during Davening?
This problem of Davening is not a unique problem. I have spent a long time trying to understand this problem. Rabbi Wosner writes about this struggle with the same problem https://hebrewbooks.org/1417 ...
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Abudraham on the Siddur - Edition
The Machon Keren Re'eim publishing house has a beautiful 2-volume and 3-volume set. Sadly they both appear to be out of stock.
An older edition produced by Machon Even Yisroel which does not have as ...
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How to hold tzitzit and siddur when reading the Shema?
The tzitzis are held in the fingers. The Siddur can be placed on the arms and held that way. This is done by Hoshanos as well, when your holding a lulav, esrog, and siddur.
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Is there a book that traces the musical development of Jewish liturgy?
Try the book Jewish Music: It's Historical Development by A.Z. Idelsohn. (https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Music-Historical-Development-Judaism/dp/0486271471)
I used this resource in researching my ...
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Contradiction between Shulchan Aruch Harav and his siddur
The Piskei HaSiddur was written according to nistar, but his Shulchan Aruch was written according to nigle. We do have a bit of his second Shulchan Aruch where he wrote only according to nistar, but ...
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