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Sim Shalom (Hebrew: שִׂים שָׁלוֹם; "Grant Peace") is a blessing that is recited at the end of the morning Amidah [1] and the Mincha Amidah during fast days in the Ashkenazic tradition, and on mincha of the Sabbath in the Western Ashkenazic rite and most communities in Israel; during the evening service and the Mincha service of non-fast days (or sabbath according to some traditions ...
Siddur Sim Shalom ( Hebrew: סדור שים שלום) refers to any siddur in a family of siddurim, Jewish prayerbooks, and related commentaries, published by the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism . There are four versions of the prayerbook, and two detailed commentaries that themselves contain the entire siddur.
The Amidah ( Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah, 'The Standing Prayer'), also called the Shemoneh Esreh ( שמנה עשרה 'eighteen'), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. Observant Jews recite the Amidah at each of three daily prayer services in a typical weekday: morning ( Shacharit ), afternoon ( Mincha ), and ...
Howard Shapiro, rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel in West Palm Beach, Florida, hosted a Sim Shalom performance in 2008. "It was an attempt to give the liturgy contemporary components that would give ...
In Judaism, the concept of the Jews as chosen people ( Hebrew: הָעָם הַנִבְחַר hāʿām hanīvḥar) is the belief that the Jews as a subset, via partial descent from the ancient Israelites, are also chosen people, i.e. selected to be in a covenant with God. Israelites being properly the chosen people of God is found directly in ...
A siddur ( Hebrew: סִדּוּר sīddūr, [siˈduʁ, 'sɪdəʁ]; plural siddurim סִדּוּרִים [siduˈʁim]) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. The word siddur comes from the Hebrew root ס־ד־ר , meaning 'order.'. Other terms for prayer books are tefillot ( תְּפִלּוֹת) among Sephardi ...
(This was also the reading found in the first publication in 1601 and in Siddur Sim Shalom.) Verse 3, line 4, both the manuscript and first printing omit m'heirah (speedily), but in line 6 חוּשׁה ḥushah (hasten) in the manuscript and 1601 publication was replaced in the later printings by v'ḥusah (take pity).
Nusach (Jewish music) In Judaism, musical nusach refers the musical style or tradition of a community, particularly the chant used for recitative prayers such as the Amidah. This is distinct from textual nusach, the exact text of the prayer service, which varies somewhat between Jewish communities.