plural siddurim
sə-ˈdu̇r-əm 
: a Jewish prayer book containing liturgies for daily, Sabbath, and holiday observances
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For both Kretzmer-Seed and Simring, the beauty of the new siddur also represents a kind of gift to their congregants, who have access to only a few personal objects.
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Marla Brown Fogelman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Agam's mother later revealed that her daughter had dreamed of a siddur – a Jewish prayer book – just days earlier.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
But Myers decided to keep this prayer book, known as a siddur.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 May 2023
Unlike the siddur, or even the laws of Pesach, the Haggadah knows neither regional variations nor committee updates.
—Bruce Abramson, National Review, 19 Mar. 2021
But perhaps, more significantly, it is called siddur because the act of prayer offers order to the chaos of our lives.
—Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Vox, 8 July 2019
Each of the 91 graduates was presented with a diploma and a siddur from the staff and members of the executive board of Katz Yeshiva High School.
—Marvin Glassman, Jewish Journal, 14 June 2018
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Marla Brown Fogelman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Agam's mother later revealed that her daughter had dreamed of a siddur – a Jewish prayer book – just days earlier.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
But Myers decided to keep this prayer book, known as a siddur.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 May 2023
Unlike the siddur, or even the laws of Pesach, the Haggadah knows neither regional variations nor committee updates.
—Bruce Abramson, National Review, 19 Mar. 2021
But perhaps, more significantly, it is called siddur because the act of prayer offers order to the chaos of our lives.
—Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Vox, 8 July 2019
Each of the 91 graduates was presented with a diploma and a siddur from the staff and members of the executive board of Katz Yeshiva High School.
—Marvin Glassman, Jewish Journal, 14 June 2018
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