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Upon waking a woman should say </SPAN><SPAN
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ani le-fanecha, melekh hai ve-kayam...</SPAN></I><SPAN
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<U>Sources</U></STRONG>: </SPAN></I><SPAN
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Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, <I>Halikhot Shlomo</I>, <I>Hilkhot Tefilla</I>, sec. 2,
<I>Devar Halakha</I>, no. 5; R. Efraim Greenblatt,<I> Resp. Rivevot
Efrayyim</I>,<I> </I>I, sec. 37, no. 2; <I>Siddur Rinat Yisrael</I>, R. Solomon
Tal, ed.;<I> </I>Moreshet: Jerusalem<I>,</I> 5743;<I> ha-Siddur le-Bat
Yisrael</I>, Yeshivat Ohr ve-Derekh: Jerusalem, 5748; <I>Siddur Tefillat
Hana</I>, R. Isaac Bar-Da, ed.; Ramat Gan, 5746; <I>Siddur Hazon Ovadiah
ha-Shalem</I>,<I> </I>Yeshivat Hazon Ovadiah: Jerusalem, 5748; R. Isaac Yosef,
<I>Dinei Hinukh Katan uBar Mitsva</I>, <I>Kuntres Dinei Hinukh Katan</I>, sec.
1. </SPAN></DIV>
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Similarly, according to the Roedelheim <I>Siddur Sfat Emet </I>– which was
probably the most widely used Siddur in the Orthodox communities of pre-war
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w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place> – women should say <EM>Modah
Ani</EM> upon waking up.<I> </I>The same is the text of <I>Siddur Rinat
</I>Yisrael</SPAN></DIV>
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