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For centuries, Jews have been known as "the people of the Book". In Arabic, this expression is actually a synonym for Jews -- "ahl al-kittab". Jews have certainly given the world many great literary works -- beginning with the Book of books -- the Tanach -- the Hebrew Scriptures, consisting of the Five Books of Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings (including the Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and more).
Apart from the Tanach, the most widely used book in Jewish daily life has been the siddur -- the prayer book. (Readers will notice a similarity between siddur and seder as the two words derive from the same Hebrew root for "order".) Jewish prayer is orderly, with specific concepts, petitions, praises, personal requests, and specialized vocabulary set down over two thousand years ago by great and pious Sages, starting with the scribe Ezra.
It can be stated the siddur is the guidebook for day-to-day Jewish spiritual experience, influencing one's day from the moment of awakening to retiring for the night - and everything in between. Besides the principal prayers, the siddur gives instruction on the many blessings recited in Jewish life, some of them recurrent such as grace for meals, and others more occasional such as seeing a rainbow, lighting Chanukah candles, shaking a lulav and esrog, or sitting in a Sukkah. From holidays to everyday, the siddur is the operating manual for practical Judaism. Every Jewish home -- indeed every Jew -- needs at least one.
In the last 25 years, following a steady decline in observant Jewish life, there has been a marked resurgence in the use of the siddur, triggered by a worldwide return of Jews to their spiritual heritage. Of course, when Jews revisit their ancient roots, they return to their ancient texts, as well. But decades of assimilating influence in America had diluted the Hebrew literacy skills that were characteristically higher in previous generations.
That is why -- curiously also 25 years ago -- ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, a visionary still-new publishing company in 1985, set out to give English-reading Jews meaningful access to the siddur and dozens of other primary sources vital for Jewish living and learning. Among ArtScroll's early publications was the Complete siddur, with Hebrew and English on facing pages. The effort was heralded as a breakthrough. Employing a crisp type font and a fresh, contemporary translation of the Hebrew original, the Complete ArtScroll siddur became the new standard for traditional Jewish prayer.
But to fully access it, the reader still needed to have some facility with Hebrew. To help those aspirants who weren't Hebrew literate yet, ArtScroll published a transliterated version, followed by an Interlinear edition, which enabled the student of Jewish prayer to refer to the English translation, when needed, directly underneath the Hebrew text. To date, over 1,000,000 copies cumulatively of the ArtScroll siddurim have been distributed worldwide.
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As times have changed, ArtScroll recognized that a new siddur was needed for a new generation and just this week, the Jewish publishing giant has released the Wasserman Edition Expanded ArtScroll siddur. While preserving the pagination and essential translation of the original, the Wasserman edition features a sharper, larger type font and beautiful durable binding. With over 1100 pages, the Wasserman siddur offers clear instructions and guidance for fully engaging in the three daily prayers, the daily and occasional blessings, as well as the principal Sabbath and holiday prayers. The Wasserman siddur includes more than 100 pages of additional material, including a new Overview; Yom Kippur Kattan; Megillas Esther, Ruth and Koheles; Perek Shirah; the Six Constant Mitzvahs; Iggeres HaRamban; Prayer of the Sh'lah; Prayer at the Holy places in Israel, and a special section: The Laws, Customs, and Prayers in the Land of Israel.
For today's spiritually wondering and wandering Jews, ArtScroll's new siddur offers a portal to "walk through the ages with the Sages in the pages" -- to mine the rich wealth of soul which the learned ancients embedded into the often terse language. More significantly, the Jew who wishes to pray through the Jewish year with increased intent and enlightened understand will find a lifetime of inspiration in the Wasserman Edition of the ArtScroll siddur.
In marking 25 years since the publication of the original Complete ArtScroll siddur, ArtScroll is offering this beautiful new siddur at an introductory price of $19.99 - over one-third off the $31.99 list price.
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