The Koren Youth Siddur

The Koren Youth Siddur is a beautifully-illustrated siddur designed for children in grades 3-5.   Built on the foundation of the entire Koren Educational Siddur Series, the Koren Youth Siddur forms a bridge between the early elementary grades and middle school. The Siddur features a selection of tefillot for weekday, Shabbat and Hagim, along with vibrant, age-appropriate illustrations, stories, quotes and questions for thought and reflection.

Every aspect of this new siddur is designed as the vehicle to help our children in meaning-making and emotional engagement with the tefillot and Hashem. The siddur is also accompanied by a comprehensive Educator’s Companion, for teachers, parents and community leaders, to maximize the educational potential of the siddur Features:

• Educational illustrations emphasize and educational theme from the text

• An icon navigation bar orientates the child within the structure of the tefilla service

• Paraphrased conceptual translation of many parts of the tefilla text

• Quotes and stories that explore a theme from the tefilla text

• Questions that stimulate reflection and critical thought

• Icons to aid in instructing the choreography of the tefilla