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size=2>From: menucha <A
href="mailto:menu@inter.net.il">menu@inter.net.il</A><BR><BR>>> I am
wondering about the various women's nuschaot of moda vs. modeh <BR>ani. I
was quite surprised to see that in the Artscroll women's siddur <BR>it said
Modeh. <<<BR>thanks<BR>menucha</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>This was discussed at least once before on avodah (a long time ago) and I
don't remember what conclusion was drawn -- probably none, since Avodah threads
don't ever reach any conclusions but just keep coming 'round again. My own
feeling is that "Modeh ani" is a kind of fixed text that everyone says just the
way it was fixed, like the pasuk, "Na'ar hayisi gam zakanti velo ra'isi tzadik
ne'ezav" -- which I have no problem saying even thought I was never a na'ar and
am not yet a zekeina. </DIV>
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<DIV>If there /was/ a siddur that had "moda ani" for women, ArtScroll would be
the last siddur I'd expect to have it. I'd look in the new YU or any other
MO or DL siddur first. You'd want to look in a siddur that has
women thanking G-d "shelo asani shifcha" and "shelo asani goya" -- as if being
female were an absolute given that never had any possibility of being any other
way, whereas non-freedom or non-Jewishness could have been an option.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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