tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609179833717239941.post6029333494312070671..comments2012-03-28T14:17:45.038-04:00Comments on Tussling with T'fillah: Putting Siddurim(prayerbooks) in OrderDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07224735171699611506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609179833717239941.post-83748791538274483082010-07-31T23:25:52.633-04:002010-07-31T23:25:52.633-04:00We are currently working on Rosh Hashana and Yom K...We are currently working on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur machzorim. They won't be ready for this year but hopefully will be for next.Raphael Freemanhttp://www.korenpub.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609179833717239941.post-5054276463665684252010-07-27T00:08:54.260-04:002010-07-27T00:08:54.260-04:00I like the direction of yor thinking. First and fo...I like the direction of yor thinking. First and foremost a siddur must be useful. In this sense the siddur is a tool for a task, and like every other tool, it's usefulness will be judged by its user. A tool can either be an extension of a user, enhancing their abilities, or else it can be a frustration. For most tools, the bridge between a tool being useful and frustrating is the subject of Design. The problem for the siddur is that for most users, the elements and ingredients of the siddur are unavailable for them to modify and adapt to their very personal specification. Given the extremely intimate relationship the siddur is mediating, an outsider might assume that siddur users would have full control over their design. Mass-produced work always itches for modification and adaptation, and the siddur is no different. It's only recently that anyone has been working hard at making all the ingredients of the siddur available for anyone to design and craft their own siddur, maintain their design, and modify it over time as their relationship and practice evolves. The project that is advancing this idea is the Open Siddur Project, an open source project for anyone to craft and desing their own siddur -- rooted in the great diversity of Jewish liturgies and open to invention and sharing.Aharoniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022525754530676948noreply@blogger.com