February 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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

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):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Arnold E. Resnicoff

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):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Jeremy Wiederhorn

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):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Efrem Goldberg

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):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Joshua Davidson

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

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):

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

“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):

Alexander David Goode and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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):

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

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):

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

“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.'” . . .

על אלה אני בוכיה | Ḳinah for the Chmielnicki Massacres of 1648–1649, by Yaaqov Ḳoppel ben Tsvi Margoliyot (1658)

Contributor(s):

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

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 Yaḇoq (1626)

Contributor(s):

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

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

💬 מְגִלַּת סָארַגוֹסָא | 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)

The Megillat Saragossa (also known as the Megillat Syracusa) in Hebrew and English, named after the tale of rescue and reversal of fortune in that place around 1420 CE, to be read on the 17th of Shəvat. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

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), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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):

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

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), Bnei Qoraḥ and the Masoretic Text

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

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):

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

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

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):

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

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

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):

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

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

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):

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

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

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):

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

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

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):

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

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):

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

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

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