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Saturday, 18 March 2023

422) The opening and closing blessings of the Amidah have not changed for more than a thousand years?

 

The world's oldest siddur from about 1 200 years ago.

Introduction

This article, based extensively on the research by Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber,[1] looks at the popular perception that the daily prayer known as the Shemoneh Esrei, or Amidah particularly the opening and closing blessings have not changed an iota for more than a thousand years.