Comments on: JOFA Endorses Koren-Sacks Siddur http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/ Just another tjctv.com Blogs weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:14:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Introducing the Koren Sacks Siddur | Jewish Book News http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Introducing the Koren Sacks Siddur | Jewish Book News Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:52:28 +0000 http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/?p=261#comment-432 [...] JOFA (link) [...] [...] JOFA (link) [...]

]]> By: Jewess » What (Liberal) Orthodox Rabbis Say About Women Joining Their Ranks http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Jewess » What (Liberal) Orthodox Rabbis Say About Women Joining Their Ranks Thu, 21 May 2009 22:32:56 +0000 http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/?p=261#comment-242 [...] Feminist Alliance has been on a roll with the emails lately. Earlier in the week there was the website-crashing Koren-Sacks Siddur endorsement, and today there’s a deceptively plain-looking, unadorned missive titled “Responsa [...] [...] Feminist Alliance has been on a roll with the emails lately. Earlier in the week there was the website-crashing Koren-Sacks Siddur endorsement, and today there’s a deceptively plain-looking, unadorned missive titled “Responsa [...]

]]> By: Elli Fischer http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Elli Fischer Wed, 20 May 2009 18:30:48 +0000 http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/?p=261#comment-238 I published my review of the Koren Siddur on the Tradition Seforim blog in December: http://seforim.traditiononline.org/index.cfm/2008/12/9/Book-Review-The-Yehuda-Bilingual-Edition-of-the-Koren-Siddur It included the following paragraph: The Koren Siddur is more inclusive of women both in terms of its content and in terms of its instructions. The content includes the liturgy (imported from the Sephardic rite and increasingly prevalent in Israel) of the "Zeved ha-Bat" celebration upon the birth of a daughter (it appears in the excellent "Life Cycle" section of the siddur). It furthermore includes the thanksgiving prayer recited by a women after childbirth, which includes "Birkat ha-Gomel". The ArtScroll Siddur makes no mention of this obligation (and the practice is even discouraged in the ArtScroll Women's Siddur, which follows the minority opinion of the Mishna Berura on this matter without recording dissent). With regard to zimmun, the ArtScroll Siddur applies the practice to "three or more males, aged thirteen or older". The Koren Siddur, on the other hand, states that "when three or more women say Birkat ha-Mazon with no men present, then substitute "Friends" for Gentlemen". You may also want to see my (much more bloggerish) review of the ArtScroll Women's Siddur, here: http://adderabbi.blogspot.com/2005/07/artscroll-womens-siddur-men-and-women.html I published my review of the Koren Siddur on the Tradition Seforim blog in December:
http://seforim.traditiononline.org/index.cfm/2008/12/9/Book-Review-The-Yehuda-Bilingual-Edition-of-the-Koren-Siddur
It included the following paragraph:

The Koren Siddur is more inclusive of women both in terms of its content and in terms of its instructions. The content includes the liturgy (imported from the Sephardic rite and increasingly prevalent in Israel) of the “Zeved ha-Bat” celebration upon the birth of a daughter (it appears in the excellent “Life Cycle” section of the siddur). It furthermore includes the thanksgiving prayer recited by a women after childbirth, which includes “Birkat ha-Gomel”. The ArtScroll Siddur makes no mention of this obligation (and the practice is even discouraged in the ArtScroll Women’s Siddur, which follows the minority opinion of the Mishna Berura on this matter without recording dissent). With regard to zimmun, the ArtScroll Siddur applies the practice to “three or more males, aged thirteen or older”. The Koren Siddur, on the other hand, states that “when three or more women say Birkat ha-Mazon with no men present, then substitute “Friends” for Gentlemen”.

You may also want to see my (much more bloggerish) review of the ArtScroll Women’s Siddur, here:
http://adderabbi.blogspot.com/2005/07/artscroll-womens-siddur-men-and-women.html

]]> By: Raphael Freeman http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Raphael Freeman Wed, 20 May 2009 12:18:55 +0000 http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/?p=261#comment-235 Yes, we had to increase the bandwidth of the site last night. Yes, we had to increase the bandwidth of the site last night.

]]> By: Jewess » JOFA Endorses Koren-Sacks Siddur http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/2009/05/jofa-endorses-koren-sacks-siddur/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Jewess » JOFA Endorses Koren-Sacks Siddur Wed, 20 May 2009 03:03:48 +0000 http://newsdesk.tjctv.com/?p=261#comment-233 [...] The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) has officially endorsed the new Koren-Sacks siddur, the prayer book published in conjunction with the Orthodox Union (OU), that is posing the first serious competition to the Artscroll Siddur, which, for the last couple of decades, has been the prayer book of choice in most Orthodox congregations. See my full post over at TJC’s Newsdesk blog. [...] [...] The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) has officially endorsed the new Koren-Sacks siddur, the prayer book published in conjunction with the Orthodox Union (OU), that is posing the first serious competition to the Artscroll Siddur, which, for the last couple of decades, has been the prayer book of choice in most Orthodox congregations. See my full post over at TJC’s Newsdesk blog. [...]

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