[Avodah] Contents of Avodah on Atifas Talis (Yishmealim) and the Gra

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 06:46:17PM +0100, Arie Folger wrote:
: Regarding R' Chayim Volozhin's teachings, the answer is easy: Nefesh
: haChayim.

As for the Gra, RMTreibitz gravitates to the 10 kelalim
<http://www.hashkafacircle.com/Asarah_Klalim.pdf> and the Leshem's
haQdamos uShe'arim, which he discusses in the shiur series at
http://hashkafacircle.com/shiurim/category/vilna-gaon-shiurim/
and
http://hashkafacircle.com/shiurim/category/leshem/
respectively.

I would add Even Sheleimah, which is where you see how Tenu'as haMussar
will eventually grow out of the Gra's thought.

: Regarding commentaries on the siddur, some great works are:
: Netiv Bina
: Tzelota deAvraham
: Otzar haTefillot
: 
: I also recommend R' Barry Freundel's writings.

R' Aharon Lopiansky compiled the Aliyas Eliyahu and Maasanei Asher
siddurim, and the Machzor Miqra'ei Qodesh for yamim nora'im. I own
Aliyas Eliyahu, named for haBachur Eliyahu Lopiansky a"h. It's a
critical edition, trying to reproduce the nusach before all the 19th
cent innovations. (Although after the grammarians shifted our diqduq from
Mishnaic to Biblical Hebrew.) Minhag haGra is noted, but not in the main
text. Tefillos lifted from Tanakh (Tehillim, As Yashir, etc...) are in
their own font.

More on topic than that, RALopiansky also compiled a collection of
rishonim on the siddur, pulling from those like the Avudraham and the
Ri ben Yaqar who wrote on the siddur explicitly, as well as quoting
peirushim on the pesuqim and maamarei Chazal that appear in the siddur.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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