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סִדוּר אוֹר זָרֻעַ

A traditional egalitarian siddur

In print and on your phone. Nusach Ashkenaz, with Hebrew, English translation and transliteration.

Siddur Or Zarua: Hebrew Edition
Siddur Or Zarua: For Weekdays
Siddur Or Zarua: For Shabbat & Festivals

Psalms 97:11

אוֹר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק וּלְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵב שִׂמְחָה

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Psalms 97:11

The books

For weekdays, for Shabbat and festivals, a Hebrew edition, and a guide to illness, death and mourning.

Siddur Or Zarua: For Shabbat & Festivals

For Shabbat & Festivals

The services for Shabbat and festivals. 536 pages.

Siddur Or Zarua: Hebrew Edition

Hebrew Edition

Prayers in Hebrew, with instructions in English. For weekdays, Shabbat and festivals. 460 pages.

Siddur Or Zarua: Guide to Illness, Death and Mourning

Guide to Illness, Death and Mourning

מדריך לחולי, למוות ולאבלות

From visiting the sick to the unveiling of the stone: for each stage, the halakhot with their sources, then the prayers and texts. 344 pages.

The siddur that knows the time and place

  • The service for right now

    It opens at the prayer the hour calls for.

  • Zmanim where you are

    Sunrise, candle lighting and the rest, for your location.

  • The Jewish calendar

    Hebrew and civil dates, and the week's parashah.

  • Yahrzeits

    Remembered each year, with a reminder.

  • The Torah reading, as the scroll

    Read the week's portion aliyah by aliyah, set as the scroll is, with vowels and trope marks when you want them.

  • Print the reading

    Print any aliyah or the whole reading as the scroll's own lines, or save it as a PDF.

Torah Trope

An optional monthly subscription in the app: hear any verse, aliyah or phrase sung in the trope system you choose, follow each word as it is sung, and learn every mark by name and sound. The rest of the app comes with the purchase.

Its terms
The trope trainer, following each word as it is sung

The traditional text, with egalitarian additions only

Nusach Ashkenaz, kept with care. No alternative readings and nothing changed for change's sake. The few additions are egalitarian, and made only where they are needed.

Read about the approach
  • אֱלֹהֵי שָׂרָה, אֱלֹהֵי רִבְקָה, אֱלֹהֵי רָחֵל וֵאלֹהֵי לֵאָה

    Elohei Sarah, Elohei Rivkah, Elohei Rachel, v'Elohei Leah

    In the Amidah, each matriarch is named alongside the patriarchs.

  • She'assani Yisrael, she'assani ben chorin, she'assani b'tzalmo

    The morning blessings in their positive form, following the approach of the Masorti movement.

  • Call-ups to the Torah

    Feminine call-up language is provided for aliyot to the Torah.

Is your congregation on Or Zarua?

Or Zarua also runs congregations: reminders, yahrzeits, minyan and events, on the same calendar as the siddur.