June 2011 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti: perceiving the world as an expression of divine Oneness

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady and Andrew Meit
Categories:	Birkhot haShaḥar, Art & Craft, Shiviti
Tags:	meditation, שויתי shiviti, Openers
	Given that the Torah forbids impressing our imaginations with illustrations of the divine, some other method is necessary to perceive divine Oneness. One method is found in the verse in Psalms 16:8, “I have set YHVH before me at all times.” . . .

אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים | El Malé Raḥamim (Prayer for the Departed), translated and sung by Effron Esseiva

Contributor(s):	Effron Esseiva
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	יזכור yizkor, אל מלא רחמים El Malé Raḥamim, Grief, burial service
	Almost two years ago my best friend passed away and I had the honour of chanting this malé raḥamim for him. In mid-May this year another friend approached me and said he really liked the way I did it at the time and could I record it for him because he was going to do it too for an unrelated unveiling. So, I recorded it on May 18, 2011. I didn’t compose it. It’s a traditional tune, but it’s my voice and I hope someone else can perhaps learn it with this material. The more resource there are out there through means such as Open Siddur the better we can learn and share. . . .

How to craft a small siddur or bentsher by Aharon Varady

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady
Categories:	Art & Craft
Tags:	切り紙 kirigami, eco-conscious, pamphlet, book craft, בענטשן bentshn
	Beginning late last year, I began a project to translate the Birkat Hamazon using Rabbi Simeon Singer’s English translation and the Nusaḥ ha-Ari as the basis for publishing birkonim (or in Yiddish, benchers). The original work was sponsored by the Teva Learning Center and its executive director, Nili Simhai, to be used in birkhonim specifically designed for use during weekdays during Teva’s Fall season. . . .

Rules of Etiquette for Public Prayer, by Isaac Seligman Baer (1868)

Contributor(s):	Isaac Seligman Baer and Reuven Brauner
Categories:	Liturgical traditions
Tags:	19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Nusaḥ Ashkenaz
	The impetus for writing this monograph came from a long-time observation that most worshipers and, by extension Shalechei Tzibur [prayer leaders], are either generally unaware of certain basic Laws regarding Public Prayer and Conduct in the Synagogue or simply lax in their proper observance. As such, I felt that there is a need to refresh in the minds of the general public certain fundamental regulations in these areas. I have chosen to translate the prefatory pages relating to these matters from the classic Siddur Avodas Yisroel by Dr. Seligmann Baer, published in Rödelheim in 1868. His summary is terse, yet comprehensive, and very closely aligned with the accepted Halochoh. Although, in those instances where there is a difference from commonly accepted practice and custom, I have tried to augment his text with instructions found in the popular Siddur Tefilas Kol Peh (TKP, Shaliach Tzibur edition, published by Eshkol, Jerusalem, and which was prepared in accordance with the Mishne Berura) and other sources. . . .

סדר עבודת הלב שחרית | Seder Avodat Lev Shaḥarit: Service of the Heart, by the farmers of the Adamah Fellowship

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Sarah Chandler and Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh
Categories:	Morning siddurim
Tags:	eco-conscious, weekdays, farming, songbooks, 21st century C.E., Openers, Isabella Freedman Retreat Center, Ḥazon, Adamah Farm, 58th century A.M., Jewish Farming
	The prayer/songsheet used for the Avodat Lev dawn prayer service of the farmers in the Adamah Fellowship on the campus of the Isabella Freedman Retreat Center in Falls Village, Connecticut. . . .

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