Inclusive Siddur Project
Welcome! The Inclusive Siddur Project is an attempt to imagine one form a fully inclusive, de-stigmatized Jewish liturgy might take. The main release is Siddur Davar Ḥadash, a nondenomenational Ashkenazi siddur. The siddur uses a modified and expanded version of the Nonbinary Hebrew Project's third-gender Hebrew system to refer to G-d as well as to human worshipers across the entire liturgy. In addition, the siddur replaces passages of the standard liturgy that are sexist, ableist, xenophobic, or otherwise stigmatizing, finding alternatives — in Hebrew and in English — that are not demeaning.
All Hebrew in the siddur is fully transliterated, and is translated in all-new translations. With the exception of a few commissioned passages, the siddur is entirely in the public domain, free to use, distribute, modify, and reproduce however you want, without restriction or cost. The source files are also available to download if you would like to use them as the basis for your own version.
The latest release comprises a full Shabbat and Festival prayerbook with evening, morning, and afternoon liturgies. The HTML, PDF, and plain text versions are linked in the menu above. If you would like to dive in and work directly with the source files themselves, you can download a zip folder containing everything you need right here.
I am pleased to announced that hard copies of Volume 1 are now available for purchase at Dimus Parrhesia Press! Click on over and get yours today. (Note: Hard copies cannot be updated in the same way that digital files can; for a running list of changes since the hard copy release date, consult this errata sheet (last updated 2024-10-29).)
The hard copies of the siddur are being sold at cost — the price covers the materials and labor to print them, with no added markup for profit for me on top. Even so, I know that the price will be a barrier for some. If you would like a hard copy but cannot afford the full cost, reach out via my contact page and we can try to work something out. And if you'd like to pay it forward and help cover the cost of a hard copy for someone else — or just help me keep the lights on around here — you can do so at paypal.me/veredshlomeh. If you would like to support my work in a more ongoing capacity, I run the world’s most unrewarding Patreon here.
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