[HANASHIR:6021] RE: R'tzei

[Janice Roger <JaniceR...>]

Rachelle,
The general answer for your question is that when the prayerbook was
codified, several versions of many prayers existed.  Saadia Gaon and
Amram Gaon chose from among the prayers they knew and inserted different
versions on the same theme in morning and evening services.  I suspect
the same was true of R'tzei which is known as the "Avodah" prayer -- a
request for God's acceptance of our prayers.  Why the editorial
committees of the various "Gates" books chose which for when is a
question I cannot specifically answer.  
Janice Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachelle and Howard Shubert [SMTP:notfranz (at) total(dot)net]
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:47 PM
> To:   Hanashir
> Subject:      [HANASHIR:6020] R'tzei
> 
> R'tzei appears in various versions depending on the service in Gates
> of Prayer or Gates of Prayer for Assemblies.  Is there a religious
> reason for this?  
>  
> Thanks,
> Rachelle Shubert
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