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Siddur
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prayerbook used by jews the world over”. Today it says “jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
The siddur is the prayerbook used by Jews the world over, containing a set order of daily prayers.1 There is a separate entry on the prayers that appear in the siddur, and when they are said. This entry discusses how some of these prayers evolved, and how the siddur as we know it today has developed.2
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Then
prayerbook used by jews the world over
Now
jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers
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