Siddur update and question

[rhu]

So I've taken care of arranging copyright clearances on the two passages that I copied from contemporary sources.

I'm a little ticked that one source is charging me $50 for the rights to a brief excerpt, but that's their privilege.

I'm amused that the Rabbinical Council of America (Orthodox) didn't know that the text I asked them for was theirs; they suggested I ask the Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) until I pointed it out to them on their own website. Then they gave me permission for free.

I've got a "punch list" of about 40 items before I'm ready to produce a proofreading run.

My biggest problem right now is that I've got about a half page between שירת הים and נשמת and no idea what to put there. (What I have there now is ugly and not useful.) I considered (1) laws of how to catch up if you show up late, (2) laws of compensating if you say the wrong thing, (3) laws of when during שמע ובירכותה one is permitted to interrupt. And none of those feel right. I'm wide open to suggestions.

Comments

[cellio]

Are you laying out שירת הים the way it appears in the sefer torah, or compactly? If the latter, consider the possible aesthetic appeal (and, by the way, space consumption) of the former.

Instead of laws of something, is there some bit of midrash or the like that's on-theme that could act as a bit of a kavanah in making the transition from the grandeur of the shira to the more "quiet" passages in נשמת ? I don't have anything in particular in mind; it's more of a vague notion.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I like option 1.

[gingicat]

I, personally, would greatly benefit from a gentle explanation of how to catch up. I always feel weird if I just turn to the page everyone else is on, even if that's the minhag.

[cellio]

I agree. I assume your hesitation is on placement, not the content itself. I'd love it if that were covered somewhere in the siddur.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

I've got שירת הים formatted "brick on half-brick" as the Talmud calls it.

I like the idea of a kavannah in there. It's a little out of character, but it might be made to work. I will mull....

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Welcome to parenthood. :-)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Well, as placement goes it's probably not too far off from where one would need such a checklist. So maybe that is the way to go.

Condiments

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

I always think that if I can't catch up,
I'll just go with mustard instead...

:o)

I know, I know...
but my humor has always been off-center.
My Boss, a lady from England, called me a WAG.

I had to look that up.

I'd rather think that I've been thinking out-side of the box so long, that I can't remember what really belongs inside...