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(Cut to fantasy dream sequence): When Rav Amram HaGaon (810-875 CE) and Rabbeinu Saadiah HaGaon (882-942 CE) finally sat together in the Yeshivah of Sura, Babylon, located east of the Euphrates river, they decided to write the Siddur together. That was a noble idea. Finally, their disciples would not compete on claiming which of the two Rabbis had composed the first Siddur. At the same time there was a challenging endeavor. They decided to include the Shema, the Amidah and all the one hundred blessing that we are supposed to say every morning during the Shacharit service. One hundred blessings? Yes, one hundred blessings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the year 850 CE, the community of Lucena in Spain wrote to Natronai Gaon of Sura to clarify what Rabbi Meir refers to in the Talmud regarding the recitation of 100 blessings. (TB Menachot 43b):<\/span><\/p>\n

Rabbi Meir said, \u2018A person is obligated to bless 100 blessing every day, as the Torah says: \u2018Now Israel, what does God ask from you, but only to fear the LORD your God, to go in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God, with all of your heart and with all of your soul. To guard the commands of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today, for your good’ (Deut. 10:12,13).<\/span><\/p>\n

We wonder, where in his quoted verse, does Rabbi Meir derive the obligation to recite 100 blessings every day?\u00a0 The Rabbis explain that the word \u201cwhat\u201d (\u201cmah<\/em>\u201d in Hebrew) is not to be read\u201cmah<\/em>\u201d, but \u201cmeah<\/em>\u201d (meaning 100). So instead of the verse above reading \u201cwhat does God ask of you\u201d it should be read, \u201c100 does God ask of you.\u201d Meaning, God asks 100 blessings of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The wise Rabbis, Amram and Saadiah, who did not overlap chronologically, crossed the boundaries of time, and compiled a new Siddur. Their contemporaries thought that they would never agree on the content of the prayer book but they showed that through civilized discourse they could bring a text that will inspire generations. They sat in Babylon, the place where Isaiah predicted destruction, and chose the blessing after the Shema that links to the central prayer of the Amidah, the prayer of redemption, the words of Isaiah 47:4 “Our Redeemer the Lord of Hosts is His Name is the Holy One of Israel.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And there was redemption, two Rabbis who agreed with each other!<\/span><\/p>\n

The prophet would be pleased to know that even in the future, in exile and during diasporic times, his vision of believing in One God as a redeemer will survive.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":67779,"id":67779,"title":"is47-siddur","filename":"is47-siddur.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is47-siddur.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-hundred-blessings-every-day\/is47-siddur\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is47-siddur","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67778,"date":"2019-12-27 13:07:05","modified":"2019-12-27 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