Nusach Ashkenaz
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Nusach Ashkenaz is the traditional prayer rite and liturgical style used by Ashkenazi Jews, particularly in Central and Western Europe and their descendant communities.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashkenazi rite | 21 |
| Nusach Ashkenaz canonical | 8 |
| Ashkenazi cantillation | 1 |
| Ashkenazi liturgical music | 1 |
| Ashkenazi liturgy | 1 |
| Ashkenazi rite Machzor | 1 |
| Ashkenazi tradition | 1 |
| Western Ashkenaz rite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Nusach Ashkenaz Context triple: [Siddur, hasVariant, Nusach Ashkenaz]
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A.
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite
The Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite is a Jewish liturgical tradition that blends the customs, melodies, and textual variants of Sephardic and Middle Eastern communities into a distinct style of worship.
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B.
Machzor
Machzor is a special Jewish prayer book containing the liturgy for major holidays, particularly the High Holy Days such as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.
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C.
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is a major branch of Judaism that strictly adheres to traditional Jewish law (Halakha) and religious practice as historically interpreted by rabbinic authorities.
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D.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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E.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is a concise 19th-century Jewish legal code that summarizes practical halakhic rulings for everyday observance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nusach Ashkenaz Target entity description: Nusach Ashkenaz is the traditional prayer rite and liturgical style used by Ashkenazi Jews, particularly in Central and Western Europe and their descendant communities.
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A.
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite
The Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite is a Jewish liturgical tradition that blends the customs, melodies, and textual variants of Sephardic and Middle Eastern communities into a distinct style of worship.
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B.
Machzor
Machzor is a special Jewish prayer book containing the liturgy for major holidays, particularly the High Holy Days such as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.
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C.
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is a major branch of Judaism that strictly adheres to traditional Jewish law (Halakha) and religious practice as historically interpreted by rabbinic authorities.
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D.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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E.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is a concise 19th-century Jewish legal code that summarizes practical halakhic rulings for everyday observance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ashkenazi Jewish tradition
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Jewish prayer rite ⓘ nusach ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ashkenazi Jews
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surface form:
Ashkenazi Judaism
|
| codifiedIn |
Siddurim of Eastern Ashkenaz communities
ⓘ
Siddurim of Western Ashkenaz communities ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Nusach Sefard
ⓘ
surface form:
Nusach Ari
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite ⓘ
surface form:
Nusach Edot HaMizrach
Nusach Sefard ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Sephardi liturgy in musical motifs
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Sephardi liturgy in piyyut usage ⓘ Sephardi liturgy in text order and wording ⓘ |
| followsHalakhicRulingsOf |
Maharil
ⓘ
surface form:
Maharil (Yaakov Moelin)
Rishonim ⓘ
surface form:
Rashi and Tosafists (Ashkenazi authorities)
Rabbi Moshe Isserles ⓘ
surface form:
Rema (Rabbi Moshe Isserles)
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| geographicOrigin |
Central Europe
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Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasMusicalTradition |
Eastern Ashkenaz cantorial style
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Western Ashkenaz cantorial style ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Eastern Ashkenaz rite
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Nusach Ashkenaz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Ashkenaz rite
|
| includes |
Haftarah reading customs
ⓘ
Kabbalat Shabbat ⓘ
surface form:
Kabbalat Shabbat service
Musaf service ⓘ Piyyutim ⓘ Selichot texts ⓘ distinctive melodies (nusach) for prayer ⓘ specific Torah reading customs ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonian rite
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Geonic liturgy ⓘ Palestinian rite ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily |
Nusach Ashkenaz
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ashkenazi rite
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| mainCenters |
Alsace
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Austria ⓘ Bohemia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Moravia ⓘ Northern France (historically) ⓘ |
| preservedBy |
Ashkenazi diaspora communities worldwide
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Central European Jewish communities ⓘ Western European Jewish communities ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFormation | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Haggadah
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surface form:
Haggadah for Passover
High Holy Day prayers ⓘ Machzor ⓘ Selichot ⓘ Shabbat prayers ⓘ Siddur ⓘ daily prayers ⓘ festival prayers ⓘ |
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