17 Nisan 5777

תפילין בחול המועד
Tefillin on Chol haMoed (Hebrew)
Drasha of Rav Binyomin Shlomo Hamburger
Central Festive Gathering for Ashkenaz Communities, Pesach 5777
Yeshurun, Beis haKnesses kMinhog Ashkenaz, Bnei Brak
17 Nisan 5777

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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): 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
9 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 .

Tefilas Yeshurun: Table of Contents | Sample Pages

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.