[Avodah] Modim d'Rabbanan

Lisa Liel lisa at starways.net
Tue May 24 10:16:14 PDT 2011


Our shul has, up on the front wall, a framed copy of Modim 
d'Rabbanan.  I've seen this particular one all over the 
place.  There's a note on the bottom that says it was donated by the 
Shlomofs, if I'm not mistaken.

My question is this.  Every siddur I've ever seen says "...al 
she'hecheyitanu v'kiyamtanu, ken t'chayenu u-tekaymanu..." 
(...because You have kept us in life and kept us going, may You keep 
us in life and keep us going..."  But this wall copy says "...al 
she'hecheyitanu v'kiyamtanu, ken t'chonenu u-tekaymanu..." 
(...because You have kept us in life and kept us going, may You be 
gracious to us and keep us going..."

I asked the rabbi and the gabbai about this, and they both had the 
same reaction.  They'd never noticed it.  And they had no idea if it 
was problematic.

So I figured I'd ask the brilliant folks here.  (a) Have you noticed 
this?  (b) Is this problematic?

Shavua Tov,
Lisa




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