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Two questions were raised this evening about the Modim D'Rabbanan recited
by the kehillah during the repetition of the Amidah.<br><br>
(1) As in many shuls, on the wall hangs a poster of the Modim D'Rabbanan.
However, the text of the poster differs by one word from the text in all
of the siddurim. Where the siddurim read
"us-kay-me-nu"/"ut-kay-me-nu" the poster reads
"us-cha-ne-nu"/"ut-cha-ne-nu." The issue came up, in
part, because apparently the Daf Yomi just learned Daf Mem, Amud Alef of
Sotah, where this prayer is discussed--and the text of the Gemara is the
text of the poster and not the siddurim. So, does anyone know why our
siddurim differ from the posters and the Gemara, and how this came
about?<br><br>
(2) Now that we are on the topic, the question was raised why we say this
prayer at all? Or, rather, why <i>only </i>this prayer? Why is there not
a parallel D'Rabbanan prayer for any or all of the other brachos during
the repetition of the Amidah? Why should the congregation not respond to
the other brachos, such as for refuah or geulah or shalom?<br><br>
If anyone has any information or idea on these questions, I will happily
relay them to the minyan.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
Alan Krinsky<br>
adkrinsky@netzero.net<br>
Achrayus:
<a href="http://alankrinsky.blogspot.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://alankrinsky.blogspot.com/<br>
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