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Minhag Polin, the Glossary

Minhag Polin/Minhag Lita (Polish/Lithuanian/Prague rite) is the Ashkenazi minhag of the Polish Jews, the Polish/Lithuanian or Eastern branch of Nusach Ashkenaz, used in Eastern Europe, the United States and by some Israeli Ashkenazim, particularly those who identify as "Lithuanian".^[1]

Ashkenazi Jews

Ashkenazi Jews (translit,; Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, constitute a Jewish diaspora population that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally spoke Yiddish and largely migrated towards northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to persecution.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Czech lands

The Czech lands or the Bohemian lands (České země) is a historical-geographical term that, in a historical context, refers the three historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia together before Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic were formed.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Elbe

The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Hasidic Judaism

Hasidism or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Eastern Europe.

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History of the Jews in Germany

The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (circa 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community.

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History of the Jews in Hamburg

The history of the Jews in Hamburg in Germany is recorded from at least 1590 on.

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History of the Jews in Poland

The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.

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Jewish Virtual Library

The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL, formerly known as JSOURCE) is an online encyclopedia published by the American foreign policy analyst Mitchell Bard's non-profit organization American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE).

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Kabbalah

Kabbalah or Qabalah (קַבָּלָה|Qabbālā|reception, tradition) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.

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Kojetín

Kojetín is a town in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.

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Litvaks

Litvaks or Lita'im are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent areas of modern-day Russia and Ukraine).

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Minhag

Minhag (מנהג "custom", classical pl. מנהגות, modern pl. מנהגים, minhagim) is an accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism. Minhag Polin and minhag are minhagim.

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Minhag Ashkenaz

Minhag Ashkenaz is the minhag of the Ashkenazi German Jews. Minhag Polin and minhag Ashkenaz are Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Austria, Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Germany, Ashkenazi Jewish culture in the Czech Republic, Judaism in Austria, Judaism in Germany, Judaism in the Czech Republic and minhagim.

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Moravia

Moravia (Morava; Mähren) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.

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Nusach Ashkenaz

Nusach Ashkenaz is a style of Jewish liturgy conducted by Ashkenazi Jews.

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Selichot

Selichot (səliḥoṯ, singular: סליחה, səliḥā) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on fast days.

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Vilna Gaon

Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, (ר' אליהו בן שלמה זלמן Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman), also known as the Vilna Gaon (דער װילנער גאון Der Vilner Goen; Gaon z Wilna, Gaon Wileński; or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym Gra ("Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu": "Our great teacher Elijah"; Sialiec, April 23, 1720Vilnius October 9, 1797), was a Lithuanian Jewish Talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of misnagdic (non-hasidic) Jewry of the past few centuries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minhag_Polin

Also known as Minhag Lita, Minhag Polen, Minhag Polin Gadol, Polish minhag.

Minhag Polin, the Glossary

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See also

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Austria

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Belarus

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Germany

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Hungary

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Latvia

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Lithuania

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Poland

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Romania

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Russia

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Ukraine

Ashkenazi Jewish culture in the Czech Republic

Jews and Judaism in Moldova

Jews and Judaism in Slovakia

Judaism in Austria

Judaism in Belarus

Judaism in Germany

Judaism in Hungary

Judaism in Latvia

Judaism in Lithuania

Judaism in Poland

Judaism in Romania

Judaism in Russia

Judaism in Ukraine

Judaism in the Czech Republic

Minhagim

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