Western Ashkenazi Nusach

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Jewish prayer rite
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Nusach_Ashkenaz
gptkbp:characteristic Distinct melodies
More conservative liturgical text
Retains older Ashkenazi customs
Shorter piyyutim on festivals
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Nusach_Ari
gptkb:Nusach_Sefard
gptkb:Eastern_Ashkenazi_Nusach
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Ashkenazi Nusach
gptkbp:influenced Some Dutch Jewish liturgy
Some Swiss Jewish liturgy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Medieval_Rhineland_Jewish_communities
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Basel_Synagogue
gptkb:Frankfurt_am_Main_Synagogue
Zurich Synagogue
Hamburg Synagogue
London Western Ashkenazi Synagogue
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Rabbi_Samson_Raphael_Hirsch
gptkb:Rabbi_Isaac_Bernays
gptkb:Rabbi_Joseph_Breuer
gptkb:Rabbi_Marcus_Lehmann
Rabbi Seligmann Baer
gptkbp:prayers gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Machzor
gptkbp:region gptkb:Alsace
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:Western_Europe
Western Bohemia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ashkenazi_pronunciation
German-Jewish customs
Piyyut recitation
Western Ashkenazi Torah reading tradition
Western Ashkenazi musical modes
Yekke culture
gptkbp:status Preserved in some German and Swiss synagogues
Rarely used outside a few synagogues
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jews
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:German_Jews
gptkb:Alsatian_Jews
gptkb:Yekkes
Swiss Jews
Dutch Jews (historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Ashkenazi_Nusach
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8