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מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Maariv Aravim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)

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Maariv Aravim

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interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Maariv Aravim” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

הברכה שמח תשמח | Blessing for Joy: A Poetic Rendering of Sheva Brakhah no. 6 (Same’aḥ T’samaḥ), by Daniel Kieval

Contributor(s):

Daniel Kieval

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Engagements & Weddings

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wedding blessings, blessings, שבע ברכות sheva brakhot, ברכות brakhot, interpretive translation, North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation

This is a poetic rendering of the sixth blessing (of the Sheva Brakhot/7 Blessings) for a wedding. It riffs off of themes and language in the Hebrew text of joy, love, and companionship, and invocations of the Garden of Eden, creation, and eternity. Written originally for the wedding of friends; I hope you’ll feel free to adapt and rework it however suits your needs! . . .

A Prayer for Pittsburgh [after the Tree of Life synagogue massacre], by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (2018)

Contributor(s):

Menachem Creditor

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Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror

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2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers for municipalities, mass murder inside a synagogue

“A Prayer for Pittsburgh” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor at his website, and shared with the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook discussion group. . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Maariv/Arvit translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)

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Birkat Ahavah for Ma'ariv/Arvit

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devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam, אהבת ישראל loving Yisrael, performing mitsvot, ohev amo, talmud torah, interpretive translation

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Ohev Amo Yisrael” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

תהלים ק״ד | Psalms 104, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

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Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 4 (Psalms 90–106)

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Psalms 104, Barkhi Nafshi, hymns of creation, Openers

An English translation of Psalm 104 set side-by-side with the Masoretic text. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת נֹחַ | Parashat Noaḥ (Genesis 6:9-11:32), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'B', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'J'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Noaḥ

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נח Noaḥ, פרשות parashot, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism

The text of parashat Noaḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Bereshit

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation

A Torah reading of Parashat Bereshit in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת לֶךְ־לְךָ | Parashat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'B', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'J'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Lekh Lekha

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לך לך, פרשות parashot, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism

The text of parashat Lekh Lekha, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Noaḥ (Genesis 6:9-11:32): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Noaḥ

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation

A Torah reading of Parashat Noaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּרָא | Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic kernel 'E', Masoretic layer 'J', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'B'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Vayera

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8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, וירא, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M.

The text of parashat Vayera, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Lekh Lekha

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58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, English Translation, 21st century C.E.

A Torah reading of Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָׂרָה | Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'J', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'B'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah

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supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, חיי שרה, mythopoesis, camels

The text of parashat Ḥayyei Sarah, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת תּוֹלְדֹת | Parashat Toldōt (Genesis 25:19-28:9), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'J', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'H'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Toldōt

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תולדת, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot

The text of parashat Toldot, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Vayera

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation

The Torah reading of Parashat Vayera in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation

The Torah reading of Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל־בָּנֶיהָ | Rokhl M’vako al Boneho: A Nayye Shas Tekhine :: Raḥel Weeps for Her Children: A New Collection of Teḥinot (Vilna 1910)

Contributor(s):

Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil and Unknown Author(s)

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Personal & Paraliturgical Prayer collections

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57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E.

A compilation of Jewish women’s prayers in Yiddish published in Vilna in 1910, with prayers attributed to Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil, a Jewish woman living in Jerusalem. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Toldōt (Genesis 25:19-28:9): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Toldōt

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation

A Torah reading of Parashat Toldot in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat Vayetsei (Genesis 28:10-32:3): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Vayetsei

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58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, English Translation, 21st century C.E.

A Torah reading of Parashat Vayetsei in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha (Isaiah 40:27-41:16): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

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Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Lekh Lekha

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot

The hafatarah reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Bereshit (Isaiah 42:5-43:10): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

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Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Bereshit

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, בראשית Bereshit

The haftarah reading for Parashat Bereshit in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayera (2 Kings 4:1-37): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Parashat Vayera, Melakhim (Kings)

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot

The hafatarah reading for Parashat Vayera in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

סדר תפילות (ספרד)‏ | Καθημεριναι Προσευχαι | Seder Tefilot, a bilingual Hebrew-Greek prayerbook translated and arranged by R’ Yosef Naḥmuli (Corfu 1885)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and Yosef Naḥmuli

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim

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Yevanit, minhag Corfu, 19th century C.E., Nusaḥ Sefaradi, 57th century A.M., Greek speaking Jewry, Greek translation, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation, Needing Proofreading

Index page for the transcription, proofreading, and decompilation of Καθημεριναι Προσευχαι (Yosef Naḥmuli 1885), a Greek-Hebrew kol bo siddur, nusaḥ sefaradi (minhag Corfu). . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Noaḥ (Isaiah 54:1-55:5): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

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Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Noaḥ

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transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English

The hafatarah reading for Parashat Noaḥ in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית | Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'B', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'J'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Bereshit, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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mythopoesis, פרשות parashot, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, בראשית

The text of parashat Bereishit, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322 C.E.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Steven Greenberg and Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir

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Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31), Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20)

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תחינות teḥinot, 51st century A.M., 14th century C.E., Even Boḥan, gender identity, shelo asani ishah, Needing Vocalization

A prayer by רבי קלונימוס בן קלונימוס Kalonymus ben Kalonymus that appears in his poem ספר אבן בוחן, יג Even Boḥan (§13), describing the author’s wish to have been born a Jewish woman. . . .

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