Minhag Polin

Minhag Polin is the Ashkenazi minhag of the Polish Jews, the Eastern branch of Nusach Ashkenaz, used in Eastern and Central Europe, the United States and by some Israeli Ashkenazim, particularly those who identify as "Lithuanian". It differs subtly, though significantly, from the German or Western branch of Nusach Ashkenaz, known in Hebrew as "Minhag Ashkenaz", used in Western and Central Europe.

Minhag Polin has historically been the most common minhag among Ashkenazim in Poland, eastern Germany, the Czech lands, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Russia. Currently, there are a number of minor differences between the Israeli and American Ashkenazi practice, in that the Israeli practice follows some practices of the Vilna Gaon and certain practices which they adopted from Sephardim.

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