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Question:

Who wrote the blessings? How did they know what to write?



AskTheRabbi.org answered:

The vast majority of the Prayers were composed by the Men of the Great Assembly around the period of the aftermath of the destruction of the First Temple. They also introduced the text of some of the Blessings as well. However, many, many Blessings were in use from very early on - from the times of Sinai and even earlier than that.


 
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