June 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Lawrence Sernovitz on 4 June 2019

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Lawrence R. Sernovitz

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 2019. . . .

Prayer that the Lands of Our Freedom Never Resemble Mitsrayim, by Rabbi Jill Jacobs

Contributor(s):

Jill Jacobs and T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

An invocation by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah, offered at the opening dinner of the Council on Foreign Relations annual Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop, June 2019. . . .

💬 קריאות ליום העצמאות האמריקאי | Torah and Haftarah Readings for United States Independence Day, compiled by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

The Fourth of July is a day on which Americans celebrate liberty, equality under heaven, and freedom from tyranny and foreign rule. Thus it is an appropriate day to read Torah. This is a Torah reading (divided into three aliyot) and a Haftarah reading to be recited on the Fourth of July. . . .

תְּפִלָּה לְמַעַן תֵּבֵל וּמְלוֹאָהּ | Prayer for the Preservation of the Environment, by Richard Shavei-Tzion

Contributor(s):

Richard Shavei-Tzion

Richard Shavei-Tzion writes, “At this time when mankind is wreaking havoc on our Eco-System, we pray to God to preserve the treasure that is the earth and to grant us the wisdom to make pro-active efforts to protect it for the sake of our future generations and all which dwell upon it.” . . .

תְּפִלָּה לְמַעַן אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית בְּעֵת נִסָּיוֹן | A Prayer for the United States at a Time of Trial, by Rabbi Joe Schwartz (2019)

Contributor(s):

Joe Schwartz

“A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. . . .

סליחה לימים הנוראים | Seliḥah for the Days of Awe, by Rabbi Ben-Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Ben Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel

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ואחד ג’די | أغنية لعيد الفصح اليهودي | חַד גַּדְיָא (Waaḥid Jady) — an Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya (Syrian Damascus variation)

Contributor(s):

Eden miQedem

An Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya in its Syrian Jewish Damascus variation. . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the first se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening. . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the second se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the second meal of Shabbat (the Saturday lunch meal). . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the third se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the third meal of Shabbat (the Saturday afternoon meal, se’udah shlishit/shaleshudes). . . .

תהלים קמ״ה | Psalms 145 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

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

Psalms 145 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים קמ״ט | Psalms 149, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

Psalms 149 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים ק״נ | Psalms 150, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

Psalms 150 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

📜 פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר | Parashat b’Midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת נָשֹׂא | Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ | Parashat b’ha-Alotekha (Numbers 8:1-12:16), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

The text of parashat b’Ha’alotekha, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Beha’alotekha (Numbers 8:1-12:16): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

A Torah reading of Parashat b’Ha’alotekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

📜 פָּרָשַׁת שְׁלַח | Parashat Shlaḥ (Numbers 13:1-15:41), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Shlaḥ (Numbers 13:1-15:41): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת קֹרַח | Parashat Qoraḥ (Numbers 16:1-18:32), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Qoraḥ (Numbers 16:1-18:32): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת | Parashat Ḥuqat (Numbers 19:1-22:1), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Ḥuqat (Numbers 19:1-22:1): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Shlaḥ (Joshua 2:1-24): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

The haftarah reading for Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Qoraḥ (1 Samuel 11:14-12:22): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

The haftarah reading for Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .