This fact-filled volume explains 1050 Jewish customs, their reasons, and sources. Why do we make hand matzos round? Why do we eat dairy foods on Shavuos? Why do we stand with our feet together when we recite Shemoneh Esreh? These and hundreds of other practices are explained in this English edition of Otzar Ta'amei ha-Minhagim.
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It is traditional for all siddurim to begin with the morning blessings and the Shacharis prayer, which are followed by Minchah and Ma'ariv - despite the halachah that "night precedes day."1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sheliach tzibbur, accord with the verse, tzibbur repeats, recite the berachah, reciting the berachah, aron kodesh, beis din, bris milah, public fast day, one mitzvah, additional soul, eating matzah, shofar blasts, father recites, second custom, morning blessings, first recite, standing prayer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shulchan Aruch, Yom Tov, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Chodesh, Magen Avraham, Mishnah Berurah, Shemoneh Esrei, Moshe Rabbenu, Mateh Moshe, Motza'ei Shabbos, Children of Israel, Erev Shabbos, Hoshana Rabbah, Eretz Yisrael, Erev Pesach, Simchas Torah, Beis Yosef, Kiddush Levanah, Gaon of Vilna, U-va L'Tziyon, Mount Sinai, Jerusalem Talmud, Shir Ha-Shirim, Shuichan Aruch New!
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It is traditional for all siddurim to begin with the morning blessings and the Shacharis prayer, which are followed by Minchah and Ma'ariv - despite the halachah that "night precedes day."1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sheliach tzibbur, accord with the verse, tzibbur repeats, recite the berachah, reciting the berachah, aron kodesh, beis din, bris milah, public fast day, one mitzvah, additional soul, eating matzah, shofar blasts, father recites, second custom, morning blessings, first recite, standing prayer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shulchan Aruch, Yom Tov, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Chodesh, Magen Avraham, Mishnah Berurah, Shemoneh Esrei, Moshe Rabbenu, Mateh Moshe, Motza'ei Shabbos, Children of Israel, Erev Shabbos, Hoshana Rabbah, Eretz Yisrael, Erev Pesach, Simchas Torah, Beis Yosef, Kiddush Levanah, Gaon of Vilna, U-va L'Tziyon, Mount Sinai, Jerusalem Talmud, Shir Ha-Shirim, Shuichan Aruch New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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