Siddur

How Transliterated Hebrew Shaped American Jewry

Having your cake and eating it too.

Jenna Weissman Joselit

Feb. 23 2023 12:01AM

The Transatlantic Debate over How to Translate the Poetry of Holiday Prayers

Literalism or literary style?

Yosef Lindell

Oct. 14 2022 12:01AM

An Exquisite 15th-Century Prayer Book Becomes Available to the Public—Online

An illuminated manuscript reflecting the Roman Jewish rite.

National Library of Israel

Feb. 14 2020 12:01AM

Has Modern Orthodoxy Finally Gotten the Prayer Book It Needs?

A rich and eclectic commentary combined with a Zionist outlook.

Yosef Lindell

Sept. 11 2019 12:01AM

The Happiest Psalm of Them All

In a biblical book many of whose poems express anxiety and apprehension, Psalm 104 is a confident and joyous singalong.

Atar Hadari

April 4 2018 12:01AM

The Siddur Is a Battlefield

The ancient priesthood, the Pharisees, the kabbalists, the Ḥasidim—each of these and more have made a stand in the prayer book for what they think Judaism should be.