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Mussaf
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Western Wall, Jerusalem | Western Wall, Jerusalem Mussaf (, also spelled Musaf or Musof) is a Jewish prayer service that is recited on Shabbat, Jewish holidays, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh in addition to the three other services religious Jews recite daily: Shacharit (morning), Mincha (afternoon), and Maariv (evening). It is traditionally combined with Shacharit when recited. In contemporary Hebrew, the word may also signify a newspaper supplement.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Beliefs of movements
- Orthodox
- Conservative
- Reform
- Mussaf by day
- Rosh Chodesh
- Rosh Hashanah
- Simchat Torah
- Prayers included on the Sabbath
- Women
- Offerings
- See also
- References
thumb | right | alt=Western Wall, Jerusalem | Western Wall, Jerusalem Mussaf (, also spelled Musaf or Musof) is a Jewish prayer service that is recited on Shabbat, Jewish holidays, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh in addition to the three other services religious Jews recite daily: Shacharit (morning), Mincha (afternoon), and Maariv (evening). It is traditionally combined with Shacharit when recited. In contemporary Hebrew, the word may also signify a newspaper supplement.
During the days of the Temple in Jerusalem, additional sacrificial offerings were given on Shabbat, festival, days Rosh Chodesh, and Chol Hamoed; in the absence of sacrifices, Mussaf were likely instituted between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the end of the Mishnaic period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mussaf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.