Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦 WILL NOT COMPLY

I've been using the same, small hardcover edition of Siddur Sim Shalom for decades. The pages are soft from turning. I love how there's a wine stain in one place, or handwritten notes on cantillation in another, and how the book opens naturally to the first pages of minḥa or ma'ariv.

But over the years some pages have gotten a bit loose, and I'm starting to fear the binding will self-destruct. So I just got myself the paperback version of the same #siddur, and I'm all excited about that because I am a giant nerd. 🤓

Unfortunately, the print in the paperback version seems a bit smaller to me, at a time in my life when what I kinda need the opposite. The next one I buy will probably be one of those editions that has super-large type and I'll need a stand to hold it.

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May 7 at 6:52pmWeb
Show threadScott 🇮🇱🇺🇦 WILL NOT COMPLYMay 7

While I'm at it I'd like to mention that I belong to a small #minyan that meets Sun-Thu at 6PM Pacific on Zoom. During the summer we do both minḥa and ma'ariv; when the days are shorter we only do ma'ariv. Usually one of us gives a short d'var #torah. And, for what it's worth, I lead either minḥa or ma'ariv every Tuesday.

As you may have guessed from my previous post, we use the Conservative siddur and liturgy. The minyan is a project of the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County (CA), which my wife helped found and where she used to work.

The minyan is great for those saying #kaddish, for East Coasters for whom a late ma'ariv is more convenient, and for anybody who'd like to participate more in davening but doesn't really get the opportunity. We have people join us from all over the country, though on any given evening we'll have 10-15 participants.

If you're interested, PM me and I'll be happy to share the details. 2/2