siddur

American

[see-door, si-duhr, si-door, sid-er] / siˈdur, ˈsɪ dər, sɪˈdʊər, ˈsɪd ər /

noun

Hebrew.

a Jewish prayer book designed for use chiefly on days other than festivals and holy days; a daily prayer book.

siddur British

/ ˈsɪdʊə, siːˈduːr /

noun

Judaism the Jewish prayer book

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noun

Etymology

Origin of siddur

siddūr literally, arrangement

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In 1975, in the US, Naomi Janowitz and Margaret Wenig produced a version of the prayer book Siddur Nashim which used female pronouns and images for God.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2015

"But now Rudnik is married," he concluded, "and even if he wouldn't got children he's got a good wife anyhow, which it stands in the Siddur already—a good wife is more valuable as rubies."

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague

In the year 880 another Gaon, Amram by name, prepared a Siddur, or Prayer-Book, which includes many remarks on the history of the liturgy and the customs connected with it.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

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