[Avodah] Modim d'Rabbanan

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:16:14PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> 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..."

As for contemporary nusachos: That plaque is Istalian. Similar,
Nusach Edot haMizrach is (my Ashk transliteration) "kein techayyeinu
uschannienu".

Going back to the gemaras' discussion of Modim deRabbanan...

The words R' Acha bar Yaaqov had (Sotah 40a) were "kein kehayeinu
uschaneinu veqabtzeinu vese'esof galuyoseinu lechazros qodshekha..."
(And then R' Papa strung together all the suggested nusachos.)

The Y-mi had a greater variety. R' Simai has "shehischayeinu usqaymeinu
uzakhiseinu usiyateinu iqarvaseinu lehodos leshimkha" (not kein
ti-). R' Simai is quoted in the Bavli, but only a smaller piece of his
berakhah. And no one in either shas appears to have another variant of
this phrase.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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