[Avodah] Moda ani

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From: menucha _menu at inter.net.il_ (mailto:menu at inter.net.il) 

>> I am  wondering about the various women's nuschaot of moda vs. modeh 
ani.  I  was quite surprised to see that in the Artscroll women's siddur 
it said  Modeh. <<
thanks
menucha
 

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This was discussed at least once before on avodah (a long time ago) and I  
don't remember what conclusion was drawn -- probably none, since Avodah 
threads  don't ever reach any conclusions but just keep coming 'round again.  My 
own  feeling is that "Modeh ani" is a kind of fixed text that everyone says 
just the  way it was fixed, like the pasuk, "Na'ar hayisi gam zakanti velo 
ra'isi tzadik  ne'ezav" -- which I have no problem saying even thought I was 
never a na'ar and  am not yet a zekeina.  
 
If there /was/ a siddur that had "moda ani" for women, ArtScroll would be  
the last siddur I'd expect to have it.  I'd look in the new YU or any other  
MO or DL siddur first.    You'd want to look in a siddur that has  women 
thanking G-d "shelo asani shifcha" and "shelo asani goya" -- as if being  
female were an absolute given that never had any possibility of being any other  
way, whereas non-freedom or non-Jewishness could have been an option.
 

--Toby Katz
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