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What is the definition of the Jewish worship words 'siddur dinka lelien'?

Siddur is the Jewish Prayer Book Dinka doesn't sound like anything Jewish to me, maybe be Yiddish for "Thanks" Lein is Yiddish and means Reading from the Torah… (MORE)

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What is a siddur?

A Siddur is the Jewish prayer book that contains their set of daily prayers.. Siddur originates in Hebrew which means 'order'.

Dan Galilee

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A Jewish-American Rabbi living in Israel, studying, teaching and writing on Judaism.

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When was the first siddur written?

Around the year 860 CE, by Rav Amram Gaon, who was the Rosh Yeshiva (chief Torah-scholar) in the city of Sura.

Al Cohen

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What is a Jewish siddur?

That's the prayer book, with the texts and sequences of each daily and holiday worship service. It's very handy to have at a synagogue service, with potentially hundreds… (MORE)