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From Russia to Hebrew via Yiddish: The Shivchei Geulim Siddur
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From Russia to Hebrew via Yiddish: The Shivchei Geulim Siddur

The story of an unusual form of Jewish multiculturalism, thanks to the Soviet Jewish diaspora.

Reuven Gafni
2/6/2025
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Pickles and Chamutzim, As It Were

Pickled Prayers: The Tikkun Meir Siddur from the Lower East Side

Avi Woolf
The Rechovot Hanahar siddur.

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Oral Matters: The Rechovot Hanahar Siddur

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

And Study of Prayer Above All: The Avi Chai Siddur

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

From Sefardic Vienna to Israeli Tel Aviv: Tefilat Bnei Tziyon

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

Prayer for Everyone: The “Klal Yisrael” Siddur

Avi Woolf
The Siddur HaGra.

A Siddur A Week

Yafo and the Zionist Colonies: Rabbi Naftali Hertz Halevi and the Siddur HaGra

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

The Artscroll Siddur “According to the Customs of Eretz Yisrael”

Reuven Gafni
Koren Machzor for Independence Day and Jerusalem Dau

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Patriotic Prayer: The Koren Machzor for Israel’s Independence Day

Avi Woolf
Tiklal Torat Avot.

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The Talk of Siddur Editors: The Tiklal Torah Avot

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: The Two Talmidei Chachamim and the Shalom Yerushalayim Siddur

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: A Jewish Prayer Encyclopedia: The Minchat Yerushalayim Siddur

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: A Jewish Prayer Encyclopedia 

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: Two Hundred Years of High Holiday Prayers: The Machzor Rabba and Its Predecessors

Reuven Gafni
The Western Wall

The Western Wall

Disturbing trend: Vandalism of Prayer books at the Western Wall

Gila Isaacson1
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: A Siddur for the Halachic Woman - The Korban Minchah

Reuven Gafni
Realizing his vision in a multicultural world? Rabbi Shlomo Goren.

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A Siddur A Week: Unification - Slowly but Surely: The Yachad Shivtei Yisrael Siddur

Reuven Gafni
First volume of the Knesset Hagedolah siddur.

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A Siddur A Week: Preserving the “Kanis Bayt al-Usta”: Rabbi Yosef Tzuberi and the Knesset Hagdolah Siddur

Reuven Gafni
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A Siddur A Week

A Siddur A Week: Impeccably Precise: The Ish Matzliach Siddur

Reuven Gafni
Realizing his vision in a multicultural world? Rabbi Shlomo Goren.

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A Siddur A Week: A State Prays for Itself: The Israel Defense Forces Siddur, 1952

Reuven Gafni