[Avodah] Moda ani

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 01:38:50PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: AFAIK the earliest printed siddurim have vowels.  And I don't think modeh
: ani itself existed before printing.

As I wrote a number of times, I agree. I also gave the suggested origin,
a replacement for that part of E-lokai Neshamah (not "netzor", thanks)
after the berakhah got moved from a waking up ritual to part of
Shacharis.

To say something new:
The oldest source for Modeh Ani is Seder haYom, a siddur written by R'
Moshe ibn Makhir miTzefas in 1599. Despite his name, RMiMmS was in Venice
at the time.

See Halikhos Shelomo ch 2, RSZA advises women to say "Modah". R' Chaim
Kanievsky does as well. Still working on the source for the Gra...

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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