Reuven Gafni
My main areas of interest are the history of eretz-israeli synagogues in modern times (as well as synagogues in the diaspora); The History of Jewish settlement in Palestine/Eretz Israel during the years 1800-1948; Jewish settlement in Arab cities during the British Mandate period; The development of Jerusalem in Modern times; and early national-religious journalism in Palestine/Eretz Israel.
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Many of the Siddurim presented in this volume have been completely forgotten over the years, and their stories present surprising and unknown angles in the liturgical story of Eretz-Israel. Sometimes, the printing of the Siddur is actually just the end of a fascinating historical story, which reflects dramatic episodes in the history of the Jewish people in modern times, both in Israel and abroad. Alongside the Siddurim themselves, several reviews are devoted to other phenomena in the study of Israeli prayer: the assimilation of Holocaust memorial prayers in the different Siddurim; Early national prayers that havn`t penetrated the Siddur for various reasons, and more.
The chapters of the book are organized around different clusters, which encourages a comparison between different groups of Siddurim: thus evaluating their impact: Jerusalem Siddurim during the Mandate period; National Siddurim in the early years of statehood; Siddurim based on previous printings in the Diaspora; Translated Siddurim; A number of holiday prayer books; and more.
This article reviews the wide offer of educational siddurim printed in modern times in Eretz-Israel, while referring to the chronological development of this genre, as well as to other fundamental issues concerning it. This review is based on the detailed and annotated inventory list of all educational siddurim printed in Eretz-Israel, presented in the second part of the article.
Against this background, this article focuses on the production process of the Sephardi/Mizrachi Rinat Yisrael siddur, which was published in 1976: The halachic and liturgical dilemmas that were dealt with along the way, but also the personal and institutional frictions that arose throughout the process, and which uniquely reflected contemporary tensions between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim, both in the governmental and administrative sphere, as well as in the communal and political fronts. This study is based on a variety of primary sources, especially the detailed correspondence regarding the production of the siddur, between various individuals in the ministries of education and religion (July 1971- May 1972).
As a final note, the various factors that led to the fact that unlike the Ashkenazi parts in the series, the Mizrahi siddur gained very limited popularity or public significance, will also be presented. This, while trying to explain why it never became a distinct symbol of religious-nationalism, like previous siddurim that were produced in the series.
Many of the Siddurim presented in this volume have been completely forgotten over the years, and their stories present surprising and unknown angles in the liturgical story of Eretz-Israel. Sometimes, the printing of the Siddur is actually just the end of a fascinating historical story, which reflects dramatic episodes in the history of the Jewish people in modern times, both in Israel and abroad. Alongside the Siddurim themselves, several reviews are devoted to other phenomena in the study of Israeli prayer: the assimilation of Holocaust memorial prayers in the different Siddurim; Early national prayers that havn`t penetrated the Siddur for various reasons, and more.
The chapters of the book are organized around different clusters, which encourages a comparison between different groups of Siddurim: thus evaluating their impact: Jerusalem Siddurim during the Mandate period; National Siddurim in the early years of statehood; Siddurim based on previous printings in the Diaspora; Translated Siddurim; A number of holiday prayer books; and more.
This article reviews the wide offer of educational siddurim printed in modern times in Eretz-Israel, while referring to the chronological development of this genre, as well as to other fundamental issues concerning it. This review is based on the detailed and annotated inventory list of all educational siddurim printed in Eretz-Israel, presented in the second part of the article.
Against this background, this article focuses on the production process of the Sephardi/Mizrachi Rinat Yisrael siddur, which was published in 1976: The halachic and liturgical dilemmas that were dealt with along the way, but also the personal and institutional frictions that arose throughout the process, and which uniquely reflected contemporary tensions between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim, both in the governmental and administrative sphere, as well as in the communal and political fronts. This study is based on a variety of primary sources, especially the detailed correspondence regarding the production of the siddur, between various individuals in the ministries of education and religion (July 1971- May 1972).
As a final note, the various factors that led to the fact that unlike the Ashkenazi parts in the series, the Mizrahi siddur gained very limited popularity or public significance, will also be presented. This, while trying to explain why it never became a distinct symbol of religious-nationalism, like previous siddurim that were produced in the series.