7 Elul 5778

ירושתנו ה׳תשע״ט
Yerushaseinu 5779
The Annual Journal of Toras Ashkenaz
Research, Review, and Recollections of Ashkenaz Heritage and Customs
Including the Beis Knesses Minhag Calendar for the Year 5779
Book Ten
Edited by Rav Shlomo Yehudah Leib Hoffman & Rav Yosef Shlomo Meyer
Bnei Brak, 5779
707 pages

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18 Elul 5776

מחזור ליום הכיפורים: מסודר ומבואר: כמנהג אשכנז המובהק
Machzor for Yom Kippur: Arranged and Elucidated: According to the Ashkenaz Tradition (Hebrew)
by Rav Avraham Aumann
Beitar Ilit, 5776
395 pages

Available from the author, at 32/4 haRabi miNadvorna St., Beitar Ilit, phone +972-52-713-5863, e-mail  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or through representatives in many of the Ashkenaz communities and elsewhere:

• Bnei Brak: Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz, 3 Sorotzkin St., +972-3-570-0783
• Jerusalem: Friedman, 24/7 Tlalim St., Ramot 1, +972-52-761-1890
• Modiin Ilit: Aumann, 84 Netivot haMishpat St., Kiryat Sefer, +972-50-411-1740
• Haifa: Kehillas Zichron Yaakov, 3 Geula St., Hadar, +972-54-840-4179
• Beit Shemesh: Hoffner, 5/1 Nachal haBasor, Ramah 1, +972-58-766-2663
• Elad: Hoffner, 17 Rambam St., +972-3-909-0541
• Petach Tikva: Hoffner, 9/4 Rozovsky St., Ganei Hadar, +972-52-764-5213
• Rechasim: Stern, 10/16 haRav Mishkovsky Way, +972-58-324-4946

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Second printing, Elul 5777:

• Corrected Page 361
• Corrected Page 362
• Added Dedication Page 402
• Errata Page 403

Further Corrections

Released in Elul 5776 is this new Minhag Ashkenaz machzor with commentary in Hebrew.  Up until now, there has been no such machzor with Hebrew commentary, so for Hebrew speakers following Minhag Ashkenaz, this machzor should greatly enhance their understanding of the Yom Kippur tefilah, and thus lead to an improvement in kavana.

The Machzor has many other notable features.  For example, the nusach has been corrected according to early machzorim, the structure of the piyutim is highlighted, and all of the relevant minhagim have been included.

Price (in Eretz Yisrael): ₪40.

28 Adar 5778

שרשי מנהג אשכנז: כרך חמישי: הנחת תפילין בחול המועד
Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz (Hebrew): Vol. 5: Wearing Tefillin on Chol haMoed
by Rav Binyomin Shlomo Hamburger
Bnei Brak, 5778
917 pages

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16 Menachem-Av 5777

Talbiya
Jerusalem
Israel
Phone: +972-53-315-9071 (Elazar Cohn)
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A new "Yekkish" kehillah, kAdat Ashkenaz, is in the process of being established in the Talbiya/Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem.

With regard to the nusach and the minhagim, the kehillah aims to be just like other such kehillos, e.g. those of Basel and Frankfurt.  The traditional Ashkenaz havarah for cholom ('au') will be used for the Torah reading as well as the tefillah.   As for the melodies of the tefillah and the piyutim, they will include great compositions by Lewandowsky and others and carried out by the kehillah's chazzan and choir.

There are currently more than thirty people who have committed to attend the daily minyanim once the kehillah is established.

4 Tishrei 5765

שרשי מנהג אשכנז
Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz (Hebrew)
by Rav Binyomin Shlomo Hamburger
Bnei Brak
5 vols.

Volume 5 is currently available.  Volume 6 and a second edition of volumes 1 and 4 are currently in preparation, and reprinting of the entire series is expected in the near future.

Vol. 1 (5755), 481 pages

Vol. 2 (5760), 619 pages: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

Vol. 3 (5762), 550 pages: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

Vol. 4 (5764), 595 pages: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

Vol. 5 (5778), 917 pages: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

Foremost in the effort of Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz during the last thirty years to research, archive, preserve and disseminate the over-one-thousand-year-old, magnificent heritage of Ashkenaz has been the publication of this monumental series, which researches the evolution of German-Jewish customs and traditions, their development, origins and views surrounding them, in a detailed and clear format.

These books have become an invaluable asset for anyone with an interest in Jewish customs in general and German-Jewish customs in particular. The series is intended to expand to tens of volumes, and currently includes a wide range of topics such as minhagim of tefillah and shul, Shabbos and Yom Tov, marriage customs, yoledes and bris milah, as well as a variety of other minhagim.

29 Iyar 5772

ירושתנו
Yerushaseinu
The Annual Journal of Toras Ashkenaz
Research, Review, and Recollections of Ashkenaz Heritage and Customs
Including the Beis Knesses Minhag Calendar for the Year
Edited by Rav Shlomo Yehudah Leib Hoffman, Rav Yosef Shlomo Meyer, and Rav Moshe Dovid Chechik
Bnei Brak
10 books

28 Cheshvan 5776

סידור תפילת ישורון
Siddur Tefilas Yeshurun (Hebrew)
Nusach Ashkenaz
The Order of the Prayers for the Entire Year for the Holy Communities of Ashkenazim in the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora
New and corrected, expanded edition (2nd edition)
688 pages

סדר זמירות ישורון
Seder Zemiros Yeshurun (Hebrew)
Minhag Ashkenaz
80 pages

by Rav Schlomo Eliezer Hofmeister
Yeshurun Publications, Vienna, 5776

(Note: These works are not official Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz publications.)

Available in Israel from Rav Avrumi Eisenberg, +972-54-846-7415, and outside of Israel from the author, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Zemiros Yeshurun: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

Included in the Siddur:
“הגהת נוסח התפילה לפי סידורים קדומים: מענה על שאלות”
“Correction of the Text of the Liturgy Based on the Versions Found in Earlier Siddurim: Responsa” (Hebrew)
by Rav Binyomin Shlomo Hamburger
Reprinted from Yerushaseinu, Book 6 (5772)
34 pages
Full Document (pdf)

This long-awaited second edition of the Siddur is finally available, edited according to the most authoritative version of the customs of Ashkenaz.  The text of the liturgy has been corrected according the tradition of our forefathers and rabbis, and according to the version found in the original siddurim of Ashkenaz, free of the corruption of censorship, and without the changes made by the Maskilim and later grammarians.