Avodas halev, labor of the heart, is the manner in which our Sages describe davenning, prayer. According to the Chabad tradition, even more emphasized during Elul in the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the labor begins with the mind, meditative contemplation of the prayers recited. A siddur now available on the Web is setting out to tackle avodas hatfilla!
To enable such prayer, Sichos in English has published a comprehensive anthology of chassidic interpretations of the prayers on Chabad.org. Gathered together from the maamarim and sichos of the Rebbeim, under the direction of Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, by a group of scholars including Rabbis Eliyahu Touger, Sholom Ber Wineberg, and Aaron Leib Raskin, this work gives a reader tools to understand the inner mystic intent of the words of prayer. Linked to a new and easy-flowing translation of the Siddur, it provides a thorough and yet user friendly commentary designed to be of benefit to both an advanced student of chassidic thought and a novice. Sources that would require hours of research to discover become available at the click of a mouse.
Published on the Web by Chabad.org, the commentary is not confined by the spatial limitations that would accompany a printed text. Moreover, the website enables the user to hyperlink from a brief citation to the original Hebrew text of the parent maamar if he so desires. Linked to a new translation of the Siddur, it is possible with a click of mouse to peruse the centuries of chassidic teaching devoted to davenning.
The project is now in middle of shmoneh esrei and is constantly adding more sections of davenning. Explore the site at http://www.chabad.org/siddur
The entire siddur is available online at http://www.chabad.org/Siddur — and it has been tested to work on the iPad
Can it be made as an app for iPad I’d love to download it even if it’s not free
When will it be in prin? Do you need sponsors?
Is this for the virtual minyan?
But how do we access the entire siddur? Will it be available in its entirety for sale in an online version? In a printed verson? How do we get more information?
I have been waiting for a long time for this it will really help me out for my classes on the meaning of prayers
Are they making a print version?
FYI, you can also learn from this incredible new Siddur with Commentary, each week, it is being featured in the CHAYENU prayer section. Kol Hakavod to R’ Kaplan, SIE, Chabad.org and of course the translators!