SIDDUR

Siddur: translation

(Heb. "order")

The book of prayer used in synagogue and in Jewish homes for both weekday and Sabbath prayer. Rabbinic authority banned the writing of prayers until the ninth century; the first edited compilation is attributed to Rav Amram c. 875, followed by another of Saddiah Gaon c. 890. The first printed siddur appeared on 7 April 1486 in Rome. The printed siddur is thought to have diminished in Ashkenazic Judaism the role of thehazan, who heretofore had sung prayers from memory for the assembly.

See alsoMolin, Jacob.