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אשר יצר | Asher Yatsar, interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l

Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abayyé ben Kaylil
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This English translation of the prayer “Asher Yatsar” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady according to the nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l. . . .

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אשר יצר | Asher Yatsar, interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l