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All Jewish and Zoroastrian Liturgies

The formal services of the Jewish and Zoroastrian traditions: the Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi prayer rites called nusach, the Temple Avodah service of Yom Kippur and the Zoroastrian Yasna, Visperad and Vendidad services. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a liturgy of Judaism or Zoroastrianism. It excludes Christian rites. Examples in the atlas include Nusach Ashkenaz and Nusach Sefard.

All Jewish and Zoroastrian Liturgies
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Avodah (Wikipedia)
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Avoda, or Avodah (Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה, romanized: ʿăḇoḏāh, lit. 'work, worship, and service') means serving God in Judaism and in Modern Hebrew can simply mean "work".
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Nusach Ashkenaz (Wikipedia)
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Nusach Ashkenaz is a style of Jewish liturgy conducted by Ashkenazi Jews.
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Nusach Sefard (Wikipedia)
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Nusach Sefard, Nusach Sepharad, or Nusach Sfard, is the name for various forms of the Jewish siddurim designed to reconcile Ashkenazi customs with the kabbalistic customs of Isaac Luria (more commonly known as the Arizal).
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Yasht i Visperad (Wikipedia)
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The Visperad (wysplt') is one of the texts in the Avesta collection. Its 24 chapters do not have any internal unity, but are only used within the Yasht i Visperad liturgy, where they are individually inserted into the text of the Yasna.
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Yasna (Wikipedia)
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Yasna (; Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀) is the Avestan name of both a text within the Avesta collection and of the Yasna liturgy, Zoroastrianism's principal act of worship.
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Vendidad (Wikipedia)
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It is assumed that its use within the Videvdad liturgy guaranteed its survival to this day.
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