On Wednesday 12/06/2019 I presented and officially handed the Sidur Catalunya to the Jewish Community of Barcelona (CIB). Before the presentation, I was honored to preside the Mincha prayers as Shaliach Tzibur. It was the first time in more than 500 years that the Tefillah was in Nusach Catalunya at a Catalan Synagogue. The conference […]

There are four branches in Israel divided in different customs "The Israelites shall camp each with his Flag, under the banners of their ancestral house" (Bemidbar 2, 2). "The Arizal used to say that there are four Flags, as well as there are four branches in Israel divided in different customs. Sefarad, Ashkenaz, Catalunya and

According to Arizal there are 12 gates for prayers in heaven, one for each tribe of Israel as there were 12 gates in the Jerusalem Holly Temple "There are many differences between the [various] prayer rites, between the Sefardi rite, the Catalan rite, the Ashkenazi rite, and the like. Concerning this matter, my master [the