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The Nature of Nusach (Liturgy) Part 2: The Big Nusach Myth vs. the Historical and Halachic Truth

December 06, 2024 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss • Season 15 • Episode 8

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Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (12/6/24), in our tefilah-focused Machshavah Lab series for women, we continued our exploration of the nusach ha'tefilah. After reviewing what we covered in Part 1, we busted what I call "The Big Nusach Myth" about "the original nusach" and how all the nuschaos we have today came about. We examined sources from Geonim, Rishonim, Acharonim, and academics. This insight led to a number of questions (and maybe a few cans of worms) which, בג"ה, we'll examine in the upcoming installments.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים פרק א
שם הלכות קריאת שמע א:ז
שם א:ה-ו
Daniel Sperber - On Changes in Jewish Liturgy
Y. Heinemann – Ha-Tefillah ha-Yehudit, pp.79-80
שד"ל - מבוא למחזור בני רומא
רשב"א - חידושים על מסכת ברכות דף יא עמוד א
רס"ג - הקדמה לסידור רס"ג
רשב"א - שו"ת א:תע,תעג
מאירי - ברכות דף יא עמוד א
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