February 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

תפילת הודיה לגשם | Thanksgiving Prayer for Rainfall in Lands Where It is Needed, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Drought & Wildfire, the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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eco-conscious, thanksgiving, Rain, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, global climate change, Prayers for Precipitation, גשם geshem, מודים Modim

A prayer of thanksgiving for when it rains in a land needing rainfall. . . .

תפילת הודיה לשלג | Thanksgiving Prayer for Snowfall in Lands Where It is Needed, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Drought & Wildfire, the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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thanksgiving, snow, eco-conscious, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, global climate change, Prayers for Precipitation, מודים Modim

A prayer of thanksgiving for when it snows in a land needing snowfall (and ultimately, snowmelt). . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 6 February 2019

Contributor(s):

Arnold E. Resnicoff and United States Congressional Record

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, lost income, תחינות teḥinot, furloughed workers, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 February 2019. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jeremy Wiederhorn on 24 May 2011

Contributor(s):

United States Congressional Record and Jeremy Wiederhorn

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 112th Congress, 2011 Joplin tornado, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 May 2011. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg on 5 April 2011

Contributor(s):

United States Congressional Record and Efrem Goldberg

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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112th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 April 2011. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joshua Davidson on 16 June 2010

Contributor(s):

United States Congressional Record and Joshua Davidson

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 111th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E.

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 June 2010. . . .

Prayers that Hurt: Public Prayer in Interfaith Settings, by Rabbi Chaplain (Captain) Arnold E. Resnicoff, USN, Ret. (1987, 2009)

Contributor(s):

Arnold E. Resnicoff

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Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer

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58th century A.M., interfaith prayer, prayers of military chaplains, 20th century C.E., interfaith

Suggestions for chaplains on offering public prayers in interfaith settings. . . .

הִנֵּה שָׁם אֶמְצָאֶךָּ | Where We Can Find Yah, a prayer-poem by Eugene Kohn (1945) inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali (Song Offerings, 1912)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, David Frischmann (translation) and Rabindranath Tagore

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Taḥanun, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat

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is it Sikh or Hassidic?, universalist prayers, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, cosmic religion

“Where We Can Find God,” a prayer-poem inspired by passages appearing in David Frishman’s Hebrew translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. . . .

Memorial Prayer for Those Lost Through Human Strife, by Rabbi Chaplain (Lieutenant) Alexander David Goode (ca. 1943)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Alexander David Goode

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Four Chaplains Day (February 3rd), Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May), War

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, World War Ⅱ, SS Dorchester

A memorial prayer for service members lost in times of war, given by a chaplain who sacrificed his life for others during WWII. . . .

בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן בִּקְצָרָה | Birkat HaMazon Biqtsarah :: Abbreviated Blessing after the Meal

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Blessings After Eating

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abbreviated alternative formulas, בענטשן bentshn, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon

The formula for the abbreviated Birkat Hamazon, in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

Man Is Here for the Sake of Others, by Albert Einstein (1930) as excerpted by Rabbi Morrison David Bial

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Morrison David Bial and Albert Einstein

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Taḥanun, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, National Brotherhood Week, International Workers' Day (May 1st), International Human Rights Day (December 10th)

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democracy, Openers, 57th century A.M., anti-fascist, Closers, cosmic religion, determinism, 20th century C.E.

“Man Is Here for the Sake of Others,” a short excerpt from a longer essay by Albert Einstein, was included by Rabbi Morrison David Bial in his collection of supplemental prayers and texts for personal prayer and synagogue services: An Offering of Prayer (Temple Sinai of Summit, New Jersey, 1962). The full text of Einstein’s essay appeared under the title “What I Believe” in Forum and Century 84 (October 1930), no. 4, p. 193-194. David E. Rowe and Robert Schulman (in Einstein on Politics 2007, p. 226) note, “The text was reproduced several times under the title ‘The World as I See It,’ most notably in Mein Weltbild and Ideas and Opinions, and in 1932 the German League of Human Rights released a phonograph recording of Einstein reading a slightly variant version entitled ‘Confession of Belief.'” . . .

Ḳinah for the Chmielnicki Massacres of 1648–1649, by Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot in Sefer Ḳol Yaaqov (1658)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jacob Chatinover (translation) and Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot

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17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649, קינות Ḳinnot, Needing Vocalization

A kinah/elegy for those massacred in the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649 composed by a possible eyewitness to the tragedy. . . .

אֶהְיֶה בְּעֵדֶן | Ehyeh b’Aden :: A piyyut containing the 42 Letter Name, in Sefer Ma’avar Yaboq (1626)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Aharon Berekhiah ben Mosheh of Modena

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54th century A.M., 42 letter divine name, between life and death, hospice, caring for the dying, thanatology, פיוטים piyyutim, ascent, 17th century C.E.

A 42 Letter Divine Name acrostic piyyut to comfort someone in the process of dying. . . .

מְגִלַּת שַׂאֲרָגוֹשָׂה | Megillat Saragossa, a Purim Sheni legend for the 17th of Shevat translated and cantillated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

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Megillot, Purim Sheni Readings

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15th century C.E., second Purims, 52nd century A.M., medieval megillot, local communal deliverance commemorations, 17th of Sh'vat

The Megillat Saragossa, also known as the Megillat Syracusa, in Hebrew and English, to be read on the 17th of Sh’vat. . . .

פרקי אבות פרק א׳ | Pirqei Avot: Chapter One, cantillated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Paltiel Birnbaum (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Midrash Halakhah, Mussar (Ethical Teachings), Sefirat haOmer Readings, Minḥah l'Shabbat

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Tannaitic, 40th century A.M., 2nd century C.E., fundamental principles of rabbinic judaism

Chapter 1 of Pirqei Avot (Fundamental Principles [of Rabbinic Judaism]) with cantillation and English translation. . . .

תהלים כ׳ | Psalms 20 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

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Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41)

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Psalms 20, מזמור Mizmor, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ

Psalms 20 by David in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים כ״ב בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 22 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit (translation), David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Purim, Ta'anit Esther

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מזמור Mizmor, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ, Ottoman Jewry, 19th century C.E., תהלים Psalms, Psalms 22, Ladino Translation, Izmir, Ottoman Empire, 57th century A.M.

A Ladino translation of Psalms 22 first published in mid-19th century Izmir. . . .

תהלים פ״ד | Psalms 84 for the children of Qoraḥ, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and Bnei Qoraḥ

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Tehilim Book 3 (Psalms 73–89)

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על הגתית Al HaGitit, מזמור Mizmor, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ, Psalms 84, livnei Qoraḥ

Psalms 84 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קי״א | Psalms 111, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 111

Psalms 111, an alphabetic acrostic translated into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . .

תהלים קי״ג | Psalms 113, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 113, Hallelu

Psalms 113 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קי״ד | Psalms 114, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 114

Psalms 114 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קט״ו | Psalms 115, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 115

Psalms 115 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קט״ז | Psalms 116, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 116

Psalms 116 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קי״ז | Psalms 117, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 117

Psalms 117 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קי״ט | Psalms 118, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 118

Psalms 118 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קמ״א | Psalms 141 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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מזמור Mizmor, Psalms 141

Psalms 141 by David, in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Psalms 142, Maskil

Psalms 142 by David in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קמ״ג | Psalms 143 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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מזמור Mizmor, Psalms 143

Psalms 143 by David in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קמ״ד | Psalms 144 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

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Psalms 144 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים ק״נ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 150 in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Wikisource Contributors (proofreading), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Daily Hallel

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Psalms 150, 19th century C.E., תהלים Psalms, Ladino Translation, Izmir, Ottoman Empire, 57th century A.M., Ottoman Jewry

The Masoretic text of Psalms 150 set side-by-side with a Ladino translation published ca. 1852 in Izmir, Turkey. . . .

מגילת אסתר | Megillat Esther: Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Esther, Purim Readings

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

A Megillah reading of Esther with English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה | Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Terumah

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פרשות parashot, תרומה, the menorah, 6th century B.C.E., mythopoesis, 33rd century A.M., המשכן the Mishkan, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism

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

Torah Reading for Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Terumah

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

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

פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה | Parashat T’tsavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat T'tsavveh

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Kohanim, תצוה, mythopoesis, Aharon, המשכן the Mishkan, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M.

The text of parashat T’tsavveh, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Parashat T’tsavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat T'tsavveh

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

A Torah reading of Parashat T’tsavveh in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִשָּׂא | Parashat Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35), 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', Masoretic layer 'H' and Masoretic layer 'B'

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Ki Tissa, Sukkot Readings

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כי תשא, supplementary hypothesis, המשכן the Mishkan, annual Torah reading cycle, the Camp, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, Betsalel, 31st century A.M., Oholiav, 8th century B.C.E., Sukkot Shabbat Hol haMoed, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, שבת shabbat, theophany, mythopoesis, Har Sinai

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

Torah Reading for Parashat Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Ki Tissa

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

A Torah reading of Parashat Ki Tissa in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל | Parashat Vayaqhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Vayaqhel

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שבת shabbat, ויקהל, mythopoesis, המשכן the Mishkan, Betsalel, supplementary hypothesis, Oholiav, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M.

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

Torah Reading for Parashat Vayaqhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Vayaqhel

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

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

פָּרָשַׁת פְקוּדֵי | Parashat Ph’qudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Ph'qudei

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redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., המשכן the Mishkan, rosh ḥodesh, Betsalel, mythopoesis, Oholiav, supplementary hypothesis, פיקודי, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua

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

פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא | Parashat Vayiqra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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Parashat Vayiqra, Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus)

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פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., ויקרא Vayiqra, mythopoesis, המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ, אשי ישראל ishei yisrael, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle

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

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Ki Tissa (1 Kings 18:1-39): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Melakhim (Kings), Parashat Ki Tissa

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

The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tissa in English translation, transtropilized. . . .