Minhagim books

On this page we will publish minhagim (custom) books of various kehillot in alphabetical order. Although some kehilot were only a few kilometers apart, their customs did vary. Except for the first two editions of הנהגת בית הכנסת which are in Yiddish and Hebrew, all minhagim books and manuscripts are in Dutch.

Special topics can be found in the second table

city

books

Comparisons

Yom Kipur, by Mr. M. van Rijk (Dutch)

General

Rabbi R. Evers about "HOORT “GOALENOE HASJEEM TSEWAKOT SJEMO KEDOSJ JISRAEEL” IN DE NIEUWE NIK-SIDDOER? " (Dutch)
Rabbi R. Evers about "HOORT “MODE ANI LEFANECHA” IN EEN NIEUWE SIDDOER? (Dutch)

Amstelveen

List of kadishim during the week (2017)
List of kinot for 9 Aw. The page number refers to Polak en van Ameringen edition 2001, see also Amsterdam and Utrecht pages 89-90, §447

Amsterdam

Essays A.H. Veder, 1985-1986,
    original index
    few original pages
    full text
In the April 1987 the rabbanut of Amsterdam expressed their concerns about errors in the essay's. Most comments referred to typing or transliteration errors, but there were also some substantive remarks. These were corrected by mr. Brilleman in Minhage Amsterdam (Machon-Yerushalayim publishing, 2002). Regardless above, we decided to publish the essays as they add a lot of background information which was not copied into Minhage Amsterdam. Mr. M. van Rijk corrected some parts, which we are happy to publish.
   Rosh Hashana
   Kol Nidre
   Shacharit Yom Kipur
   Musaph Yom Kipur
   Mincha Yom Kipur
   Ne'ila Yom Kipur
   Pesach
   Shavoe'ot
הנהגת בית הכנסת 1737, 1776 , 1815, 1901
Minhagim Amsterdam Buitenveldert synagogue
Lijst van "acharon" stops (compare to Utrecht page 34-44 paragraph 130)
Bircat hachodesh RAS synagogue, also used in JCC)
Chevra kadisha 1810
Article (Dutch) with minhagim related to berit mila in Amsterdam by M. Perath, 16-10-1953
List of Selichot eve of Rosh Hashanah and eve of Jom Kippur and Excel
List of Selichot which are said on Jom Kippur (source unknown)
List of kinot for 9 Aw. The first page number and letter refers to Polak en van Ameringen edition 2001, the second number refers to Bear, Rödelheim edition 1988. See also 1901 page 19 , Amstelveen and Utrecht pages 89-90, §447

Arnhem

Mi Sheberach:
    man
    woman & sick person
    joledet (new mother), bar mitswa & chatan
Mi Sheberach chief rabbi & Jizcor (the chief rabbi seems to be S.J.S. Hirsch, but J. Vredenburg was chief rabbi in Arnhem).

Eindhoven

List of parts to skip on Jom Kippur (from before 1940)

the Hague

Gebruiken, Chief rabbi I. Maarssen 1929 & index
Rosh Hashana, Rabbi P. Meijers, (? about 1990)
Verordening op de kerkelijke plechtigheden (1921, missing articles 8,9 & 10)
Verordening op den מי שברך en het יזכור gebed (1^stpage only, rest is missing)
the Hague chazzanut recodings
Chevra kadisha 1771 (title page missing, see page 17)

Leiden

Reglement voor de ceremonieeele orde bij den eeredienst, 1936
Additions RV:

	During Kol Nidre, הנותן תשועה was recited
	The mitsva of "gelila" was given to the chatan (bride) on the day of his marriage, or the shabbat before or after the marriage.

Rotterdam

Yizcor shabbat before Shavu'ot and 9-av (old version)
List of selichot the morning before Rosh Hashanah see also List and Excel
Amsterdam 1901 annotated by D. Hausdorff for Rotterdam, arround 1980
Regulations for Aliyot and Mi Sheberach, 1962
List of minhagim as per today, some were instituted after the war.

Utrecht

Minhage Utrecht (1930th) by Chief rabbi J. Tal (original manuscript lost) :
    index
    pages 1-26: working days
    pages 26-58: Shabbat
    pages 58-71: Jom tov
    pages 71-96: Nissan-Ellul (page 73 left and page 74 left better scans)
    pages 96-120: Tishri till Succot
    pages 120-147: Succot till Addar
Minhagim concerning dying
Utrecht chazzanut recordings
There are two more manuscripts from rabbi Tal: one about kadish and one which seems to have been the notebook from where he made separate final versions. These two reside with the NIK. The second is still being digitized:
   pages 150-153: Ta'aniet kavraniem service on Jom Kipur katan
   pages 154-159: Marriage

Special topics

topic	books
Mourners' Kaddish (קדיש יתום)	Rules who is entitled to say kaddish can be found in the minhagim books: Amsterdam: הנהגת בית הכנסת chapter III The Hague: Verordening chapter III Leiden: Reglement chapter 4 Rotterdam: annotations by D. Hausdorff chapter III Utrecht: Rav Tal manuscript Assignment board Gerard Dou synagogue Amsterdam. פ"ש stands for פורס על שמע, which is קדיש and ברכו at the end of Shacharit.
Special psalms	In Amsterdam only the psalm of the day of the week is recited. The only exception is psalm 12 at a berith mila, see page 7 . In Rotterdam this is not the minhag, see page 4 Psalms board Borculo Psalms board Elburg Psalms list Utrecht by Chief rabbi J. Tal pages 21/22 Comparison table