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Why is the translation of selah so obscure?
It is a good question why it is not translated. It is however false to assume that we don't have an early tradition to its meaning. Provided that Targum Tehilim is authoritative, it translates as &...
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Why is the translation of selah so obscure?
Targum Yonasan indeed translates it as 'Forever' and R Avraham ibn Ezra as 'Truth'.
However, as @J. W. Tanner commented, Radak writes that it is a musical signifier (cf Septuagint and Vulgate).
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Where to give away Judaic books, etc
There are numerous websites that stock second-hand used Seforim:
Jewish Used Books
New and Used Seforim
Seforim World in Brooklyn, NYC (16th Ave)
As far as Judaica check out Judaica On Demand, also
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Teimani/Yemenite Siddur in English
We have a Baladi congregation that is interested in creating an Artscroll style Baladi Machzor for the holidays. Have you started on the siddur? We'd be interested in helping to fund such a project.
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What is so special about "ve'sechezena" that it is the one word in bold in the whole Amida?
The root of the word v’sechezena (ותחזינה עינינו בשובך לציון ברחמים) is chazone (חזון), one of the 10 expressions of prophecy.
The bolding is to emphasize the intent of that specific posuk, that the ...
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What is so special about "ve'sechezena" that it is the one word in bold in the whole Amida?
Nothing is special about it. Many Siddurim bold or otherwise emphasize the first word in a printed paragraph and many insert paragraph breaks unnecessarily at places where there is sometimes a ...
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Akeidah and Ketoret
It is possible that addition of these sections coincided with familiarity with Sefard siddur among ashkenazim (which Arizal intended as one prayer book for sefardim and ashkenazim). However, the ...
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