[Avodah] Modim D'Rabbanan

[Harry Weiss]

> From: Michael Poppers <MPoppers at kayescholer.com>
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> In Avodah Digest V25#245, RAK asked:
>> Two questions were raised this evening about the Modim D'Rabbanan
> recited by the kehillah during the repetition of the Amidah.
>> (1) As in many shuls, on the wall hangs a poster of the Modim
> D'Rabbanan. However, the text of the poster differs by one word from the 
> text in all of the siddurim. Where the siddurim read 
> "us-kay-me-nu"/"ut-kay-me-nu" the poster reads 
> "us-cha-ne-nu"/"ut-cha-ne-nu." The issue came up, in part, because 
> apparently the Daf Yomi just learned Daf Mem, Amud Alef of Sotah, where 
> this prayer is discussed--and the text of the Gemara is the text of the 
> poster and not the siddurim. So, does anyone know why our siddurim 
> differ from the posters and the Gemara, and how this came about? < Good 
> Q (and NB that the text of your siddur likely doesn't include

There are also a few other differences.  Does anyone have access to a 
Bucharan siddur.  The Shlomoff family who put out these posters AFAIK are 
Bucharans so that may be their nussach.




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Harry J. Weiss
hjweiss at panix.com