This is an archive of articles, including primary sources, describing particular nusḥaot (liturgical “rites”, i.e., regional formulations and arrangements of prayers for communal public prayer services) — historic and contemporary.
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⋯ Miscellanea (Ketubot, Art, Essays on Prayer, &c.) —⟶ Liturgical traditions 🡄 (Previous category) :: 📁 Art & Craft 📁 Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer :: (Next Category) 🡆 Liturgical traditionsThis is an archive of articles, including primary sources, describing particular nusḥaot (liturgical “rites”, i.e., regional formulations and arrangements of prayers for communal public prayer services) — historic and contemporary. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Isaac Seligman Baer | Amram ben Rav Sheshna | Reuven Brauner | Yehonatan Chipman | Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation) | Abe Katz (translation) | Dávid Kaufmann | Dalia Marx | Jessica Minnen | Laurie Rappeport | Zalman Schachter-Shalomi | Virginia Spatz | Ethan Tucker | Aharon N. Varady | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Filter resources by Tag ascetic practice | Blues for Ḥalah | cannibalism | creativity | d'var t'fillah | אלול elul | English Jewry | etiquette | fasting | Feminism | gender | geonim | Grateful Dead | הדר Hadar | informatics | Jewish Women's Prayers | Joseph Heinemann | limits of change | liturgical rites | localization | מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael | מודים Modim | mourning | North America | Nusaḥ Anglia | Nusaḥ Ashkenaz | Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael | נוסחאות nusḥaöt | pluralism | predation | predatory nature | תהלים Psalms | Psalms 27 | Reform Movement | regional custom | Religious Zionism | Renewal | responsa | Sepharadi | פרשת שלח parashat Shlaḥ | Tehillim | תשובה teshuvah | thankfulness | tolerance of difference | ישראל Yisrael | זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah | 13th century C.E. | 19th century C.E. | 20th century C.E. | 21st century C.E. | 51st century A.M. | 57th century A.M. | 58th century A.M. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Looking for something else? For essays on Jewish prayer as a spiritual practice, go here. Resources filtered by TAG: “נוסחאות nusḥaöt” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? Maps showing the relationship between the nusḥaot are quite helpful to us. The Open Siddur Project is seeking to digitize all the extant nusḥaot witnessed in siddurim and other manuscripts, in order to show the evolution of individual prayers and blessings. This will helpfully represent at least the textual diversity of Jewish spiritual expression in the many geographically dispersed Jewish communities over the past three thousand years. I also hope that representing this diversity in t’fillah will be an inspiration to individuals engaging in davvening as an intellectually engaged and creative discourse speaking across generations. The extent to which we’ll be able to realize this vision will be limited to how many source texts we’ll be able to identify, transcribe, and share with open standards and free culture licenses. Seeing that the design of the map appearing in Hoffman’s book left much to be desired, I redesigned it for clarity while adding some additional nusḥaot. I hope that the following map based on Joseph Heinemann’s work will help inspire fellow researchers to contribute to this project. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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A Historical Map of Jewish Liturgical Influence and Variation by Aharon Varady, version 0.3.5.4 (license: CC BY-SA) (This image is set to automatically show as the "featured image" in shared links on social media.)
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The Open Siddur Project is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, non-commercial, non-denominational, non-prescriptive, gratis & libre Open Access archive of contemplative praxes, liturgical readings, and Jewish prayer literature (historic and contemporary, familiar and obscure) composed in every era, region, and language Jews have ever prayed. Our goal is to provide a platform for sharing open-source resources, tools, and content for individuals and communities crafting their own prayerbook (siddur). Through this we hope to empower personal autonomy, preserve customs, and foster creativity in religious culture.
ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17
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