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Ivdu Et Hashem B'Simcha Siddur - Jewish Hebrew/English Transliterated Prayerbook Paperback – September 23, 2010
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- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe Wisdom Exchange
- Publication dateSeptember 23, 2010
- ISBN-100894110136
- ISBN-13978-0894110139
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Customers find the prayer book helpful for learning Hebrew and spiritual enrichment. It contains all the necessary daily prayers and blessings. The pacing is described as fantastic. However, opinions differ on the transliteration - some find it superb with large letters that help brush up on their Hebrew, while others feel it's not their preferred form.
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Customers find the prayer book useful for daily prayers and blessings. They find it a great resource for Hebrew learning and Jewish renewal enrichment. The book contains songs, Psalms, diagrams of Kabbalistic concepts, and good content. However, some readers mention issues with the transliterations.
"...but it also includes a multitude of songs, Psalms, diagrams of Kabbalistic concepts such as The Tree of Life, Hebrew pronunciation charts, Hebrew..." Read more
"...It contains prayers for everyday, special occasions, torah service, shabbos, tallit, t'fillin, meals, holidays, and more." Read more
"...a moderately accessible siddur, with some limited depth and interesting added features; however, some few prayers will be unavailable, and..." Read more
"Much better than the prayerbook we were using. Written like a true Renewal prayerbook should be. Thanks Rabbi Waslow." Read more
Customers like the pacing of the book. They say it's a fantastic Siddur.
"Awesome Siddur. Pretty cover art...." Read more
"I like the Siddur, I'd been looking for a new one for some time...." Read more
"Fantastic Siddur. Almost perfect. Just not my preferred transliteration and I'm unable to comprehend and do the transliteration used...." Read more
"Excellent...." Read more
Customers have different views on the transliteration. Some find it helpful with pronunciation charts and large letters, while others say it's not their preferred transliteration and they find it difficult to comprehend.
"...and even though I had a Bar Mitzvah twelve years ago, it helped me brush up on my Hebrew and there is even a chart in the back to help with that..." Read more
"I’m not a fan of the style of transliteration, but it’s a pretty good beginner siddur." Read more
"Awesome Siddur. Pretty cover art. The transliteration is very helpful for those who can't read Hebrew and there's guides in the back that can help..." Read more
"...This has Prayers written in English, Hebrew and the transliterated Hebrew to English. But it doesn't have the transliteration for all Prayers...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014Rabbi David Zaslow has compiled the BEST Siddur I have ever had the pleasure of using when praying to Hashem. What I love most about this Siddur is the fact that it is much more than a typical Siddur. For example, not only does it contain all the necessary daily prayers and blessings for during the week and Shabbos, but it also includes a multitude of songs, Psalms, diagrams of Kabbalistic concepts such as The Tree of Life, Hebrew pronunciation charts, Hebrew transliteration, and much MUCH more. It would take an entire page to list all the great things compiled in this fantastic Siddur. Another reason why I cherish this Siddur is because it has fantastic transliteration and even though I had a Bar Mitzvah twelve years ago, it helped me brush up on my Hebrew and there is even a chart in the back to help with that (hint, hint..). When I lived in Israel for my term-abroad in college, I took this Siddur with me because it was that useful, especially for learning blessings! Likewise this prayerbook is useful for all people: Jews, non-Jews, male/female, young or old. I know I can rely on it when I'm in my glory years because the print is large and it even has an Index (because it has a lot of great things in it). This prayerbook is so wonderful, I can go on and on describing it. It is such a great prayerbook and Jewish recourse that I will pass it onto the generations to come. Truly a prayerbook for Spiritual Renewal. Thanks to Rabbi Zaslow and his synagogue for putting this together. Anyone who decides to purchase this great spiritual recourse will thank The Lord that they did!
- Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017Awesome Siddur. Pretty cover art. The transliteration is very helpful for those who can't read Hebrew and there's guides in the back that can help if you want to learn to read hebrew. There's also kabbalah concepts explained like the Tree of Life. It contains prayers for everyday, special occasions, torah service, shabbos, tallit, t'fillin, meals, holidays, and more.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2024I’m not a fan of the style of transliteration, but it’s a pretty good beginner siddur.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2021The layout of this siddur is somewhat unusual, listing the full range of potentially appropriate prayers according to their order in the service, with subtitled instructions for which prayers are appropriate for what service.
Additionally, it breaks up individual prayers into "beginner's" shortened versions and "advanced" full the advanced option often presented without transliteration. There are added chants, songs, and more in the front, but they are all quite short. I found myself wondering how much was cut short to save space, and felt that I missed my other siddur, which provides more detailed information about the provenance, meanings, and possible intentions to hold in mind for individual prayers.
I did find, in fact, that some things were cut: I noticed the absence of a few certain prayers it is my custom to recite, ones not uncommon in Nusach Ashkenaz, and it seemed that others were clipped short. The order of prayers for shacharis was different than I was used to as well, though certainly one can rearrange for one's custom.
All in all, I would say this is a moderately accessible siddur, with some limited depth and interesting added features; however, some few prayers will be unavailable, and navigating each individual service is made awkward by the structure of the siddur, which compromises depth and a traditional shacharis-mincha-maariv layout for a moderately, though not fully, transliterated list of prayers, as well as added material. Often, I have found the quality of the images printed in this book to be distractingly "blocky," and the overall design -- the "UI" of the siddur -- feels less like a Jewish prayerbook to me, and almost something more like a textbook.
This is only a matter of opinion, but I feel that with sturdier, less transparent pages, and with more finely printed or fewer total images -- and a more compact size -- I would be more likely to use this siddur as a potential convenience for specific situations. Unfortunately, I presonally find it too unwieldy for much use, almost encumbered by its attempts at shedding "the baggage" of a traditional structure for the sake of transliteration that I feel still falls short in some ways. For the more experienced "davener", who knows their own custom and that of their community, and especially who can read Hebrew or has access to a siddur with full transliteration, I would recommend sticking with an option that already matches one's custom and denominational preference (though the latter concern will mostly apply to Ashkenazim.) All in all, I just don't have strong feelings about this siddur, besides a little disappointment: but you might find I'm just picky. Please, go with what you're looking for, to your own feelings and understanding: a prayer's a prayer, and what makes your prayers rich and fulfilling is a far better metric than one grumpy neo-chasid's opinion!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023This is exactly the prayer book I've been looking for, to truly learn how to pray as a Jew.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2018Much better than the prayerbook we were using. Written like a true Renewal prayerbook should be. Thanks Rabbi Waslow.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012Wonderful edition or Hebrew learning and Jewish renewal enrichment. I got so much out of the first edition and am delighted to use this one especially when I lead Shabbat services at the Assisted living.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014I like the Siddur, I'd been looking for a new one for some time. This has Prayers written in English, Hebrew and the transliterated Hebrew to English. But it doesn't have the transliteration for all Prayers. Because my Hebrew reading is poor I needed the transliteration more. All that said I'm happy to have found it.







