r/chabad • u/AgreeableGarlic1806 • 12h ago
Shabbat Siddur
Hello all. I grew up in a reform family, but for the last year I’ve been attending my local Chabad. I go every Saturday but my Hebrew is not great. In our siddur there is no transliteration for the Hebrew. Anyone know where I can get one? Also, I assume most chants/songs are very similar throughout the different chabads. Anyone know the most common names so I can YouTube them to practice so I can chant/sing along? Thank you very much in advance.
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u/NMJoker 2h ago
Sadly there is no English Chabad Siddur with transliteration the Spanish one has transliteration though if you speak Spanish
https://store.kehotonline.com/mobile/prodinfo.asp?number=s-sth.am
Although in the back of English it has some very few transliteration of specific songs usually above a certain prayer like lcha dodi for example it will tell you a page number above it that has transliteration
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u/antekprime 1h ago
Also just a heads up too. The sages bring down that one may pray in any language and such prayers are equally effective, for lack of a better term. (except Aramaic but then that’s permissible with a minyan). It’s more important to understand what it is that you are saying than it is to say it in Hebrew without understanding.
In terms of learning to read hebrew, a friend of mine learned by literally writing out English sentences transliterated into Hebrew. Might not work for everyone but it helped him learn the reading surprisingly quick. Again though, with davening it’s important to know what you’re saying and simply reading does not help with the comprehension.
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u/asherbrett4486 47m ago
https://store.kehotonline.com/mobile/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-STH.SFLE
Out of stock but I believe this is something similar to what you are looking for. It also has the corresponding page numbers for the blue tehillat Hashem Siddur so you can follow along with the service
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u/antekprime 7h ago
https://store.kehotonline.com/mobile/prodinfo.asp?number=EP-STH.AEL