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Responsum: On Prayer
Question: You asked: There are synagogues where the congregation gathers together and recites chapters from the book of Psalms on the Sabbath and festivals (on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they add…
Responsum: On the Haggadah
There are those who say, during the Kiddush of Passover, “ . . . who sanctified Israel,” and when they finish reciting “The Four Questions” do not say, “We were slaves to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt”…
Responsum: On the Hundred Daily Blessings
You raised the question of what precisely are the hundred benedictions [b. Menaḥot 43b]. Here they are. In the ninth chapter of Berakhot [60b] the rabbis stated: What does he say when he opens his…
The Order of ‘Amram Ga’on: Introduction
Seder ‘Amram Ga’on, Introduction
[From] ‘Amram bar Sheshna, head of the talmudic academy of Mata-Meḥasya [Sura], to R. Isaac ben R. Simeon, who is beloved, honored, and esteemed by us and the entire academy.
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Responsum: On the Shema‘
R. Sar Shalom, the head of the academy at Mata-Meḥasya [Sura]: One should say [the phrase beginning] “pa‘amayim” in the morning prayers on Sabbaths and holidays and Yom Kippur. There is no tradition…