Siddur Art Scroll Transliterated Linear [Hardcover]

Nosson Scherman (Author), Binyomin Yudin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 844 pages
• Publisher: Mesorah Pubns Ltd (March 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578191505
• ISBN-13: 978-1578191505
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - Opens The Door To A New World!, August 1, 2005

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Jeff Neckonoff "Rebbe Jeff" (Merrick, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Siddur Art Scroll Transliterated Linear (Hardcover)

First of all, I grew up in a totally assimilated part of Brooklyn, and couldn't read Hebrew to save my life. As a matter of fact, I even transliterated my entire Haftorah portion the night before my Bar Mitzvah, as my Hebrew reading level was around the level of a 1st grader, and it has stayed like that until I discovered this Siddur.

I first was introduced to this Siddur about 4 years ago at the Manhattan Jewish Experience, a beginner's service on the Upper West Side.
I was amazed at how all these seemingly liturgistically-ignorant young Jews mastered the choreography of Jewish prayer so well.

I, too, felt empowered when I went there, and everyone else was using the same Siddur.
I then went out and bought it, along with the Weekday one. I started davening in my home every day with it, and started taking my Shabbos one with me to more local shuls so I could "fake it" amongst the more Jewishly-educated Jews.

I still use the Siddurs, four years later. However, my Hebrew reading skills have improved about 30%, as about 1/3 of the time, when I'm not in a rush, I actually sit there and say the prayers from the original Hebrew. When I get stuck, all I have to do is glance over at the English. But the next time, I don't get stuck.

It's a slow process, but if you are like me, with no patience or time to actually master the Hebrew language, then this Siddur is for YOU!

You probably won't be fluent in the liturgy right away, but you will most definitely be empowered, and five years down the road, you will actually know much more Hebrew than you do now!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for people becoming more observant, January 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Siddur Art Scroll Transliterated Linear (Hardcover)

I've found this siddur helpful in making the traditional Shabbat service more meaningful. If you are not fluent in Hebrew or didn't grow up with the traditional service as a child, then it is quite an effort to try to keep up (much less participate) in many of the prayers. This siddur is definitely helping me follow and learn the more difficult portions of the service. (A quibble: In this book and others, Artscroll relies way too much on italics as a typeface. Oh well, can't have everything)

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Idea is great, but format is choppy, February 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Siddur Art Scroll Transliterated Linear (Hardcover)

I wanted a siddur that would help me to understand the prayers better. Transliteration is on the left side, Hebrew text is on the right, and english is on the bottom. If you are only using the transliteration, it is fine. But if you want to use the English or transliteration to help read or understand a certain phrase in Hebrew, than this book is not useful. A better book to understand the Hebrew is Artscroll's Interlinear Siddur, but it is not transliterated. I hope that Artscroll makes a second edition of the transliterated siddur in the interlinear format.