July 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Gershon Avtzon on 25 July 2019

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Gershon Avtzon

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 July 2019. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Mark Getman on 24 July 2019

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Mark Getman

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 July 2019. . . .

💬 קְרִיאוֹת לִימֵי הַוָּתִיקִים | Torah and Haftarah Readings for Days Recognizing Military Veterans, compiled by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text

This is a Torah reading (divided into three aliyot) and a Haftarah reading to be recited for such holidays. The aliyot are from Shoftim, describing the rules for just warfare and treatment of those in need. . . .

💬 קריאות לימי העבודה | Torah and Haftarah Readings for Days Recognizing Organized Labor and Labor Rights, compiled by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

This is a Torah reading (divided into three aliyot) and a Haftarah reading to be recited on a national labor holiday. The aliyot are from Vayakhel, describing the construction of the Tabernacle. . . .

תְּפִלָּה בְּעַד מֶמְשֶׁלֶת שָׁלוֹם | Prayer for a Government of Peace, by Zackary Sholem Berger (2019)

Contributor(s):

Zackary Sholem Berger

A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . .

📖 סִימָן לְבָנִים | Siman l’Vanim: a birkon celebrating the wedding of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin (2019)

Contributor(s):

Akiva Sanders (translation), Honi Sanders (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

The birkon/bentsher (blessing-book) prepared for the wedding of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin on July 7th, 2019. . . .

📖 חֶסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּט אָשִׁירָה לְךָ | Ḥesed uMishpat Ashirah Lekha, a bentsher celebrating the wedding of Isaac Brooks and Eliana Fishman (2018)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Brooks Fishman

An Ashkenazi Queer-Friendly bentsher. . . .

Kavvana: Directing the Heart in Jewish Prayer, by Rabbi Dr. Seth Kadish (1997)

Contributor(s):

Seth (Avi) Kadish

A comprehensive treatment on the praxis of Jewish prayer. . . .

תפילה על מת בהמה או חיה מחמד | Prayer on the Death of a Beloved Animal, by Aharon Varady (1994)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Aharon N. Varady

A prayer for a beloved animal first compiled in English by Aharon N. Varady for Nethaniel Puzael, his family’s cat, in 1994. . . .

📖 סדר הגדה של פסח עברי-כּורדי | Seder Haggadah shel Pesaḥ (Ivri-Kurdi), a Passover seder haggadah for Kurdish Jews in Hebrew and Aramaic (1959)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A Passover Seder Haggadah in Hebrew and Aramaic (or Kurdish, as stated on the title page) published in Israel for the wave of Kurdish-Jewish immigrants from Iraq and other eastern countries. . . .

💬 A New Declaration of Independence, by Emma Goldman (1909)

Contributor(s):

Emma Goldman and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A New Declaration of Independence by Emma Goldman. . . .

📖 סידור קרבן מנחה (נוסח האר״י)‏ | Siddur Ḳorban Minḥah (1897)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

Siddur Qorban Minḥah, a Jewish prayerbook collecting the customs of the school of the ARI z”l, accompanied by tkhines and translations in Yiddish. . . .

ליקוטי תפילות א:קמה | Prayer for Sukkot (Liqutei Tefilot Ⅰ:145), by Reb Nosson Sternhartz of Nemyriv adapted from the teachings of Rebbe Naḥman (ca. 1820s)

Contributor(s):

Noson Sternhartz of Nemyriv and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A prayer for Sukkot linking the theme of home building and receiving Torah with a warning not to eat animals and to extend ones compassion to all creatures. . . .

💬 The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America (1776) | די דעקלאראציע פון אומאָפּהענגיקײט (Yiddish translation 1954) | הצהרת העצמאות של ארצות־הברית (Hebrew translation 1945)

Contributor(s):

Ḥen Melekh Merkhaviyah (translation/Hebrew), Sarasohn & Son, Publishers (translation/Yiddish), Thomas Jefferson and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

The text of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America and its signatories in English, with a Yiddish translation published in 1954. . . .

📜 פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק | Parashat Balaq (Numbers 22:2-25:9), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

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

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

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Balaq (Numbers 22:2-25:9): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת פִּינְחָס‏ | Parashat Pinḥas (Numbers 25:10-30:1), 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 Pinḥas, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Pinḥas (Numbers 25:10-30:1): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת מַטּוֹת | Parashat Matōt (Numbers 30:2-32:42), 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 Matot, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Matōt (Numbers 30:2-32:42): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת מַסְעֵי | Parashat Mas’ei (Numbers 33:1-36:13), 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 Masei, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Mas’ei (Numbers 33:1-36:13): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

A Torah reading of Parashat Mas’ei in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 הפטרה לשבת חזון | Haftarah Reading for Parashat Devarim (Shabbat Ḥazon, Isaiah 1:1-27), translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

On Shabbat Ḥazon, the Shabbat before Tisha b’Av, many Ashkenazi communities have a custom to read most of the haftarah (Isaiah 1:1-27) in Eikha trop, the cantillation used for the Book of Lamentations. There are many distinct customs, but one of the most common reads verses at the beginning and end in standard haftarah trop, as well as several verses in the middle, selected for their more hopeful message. This edition of the haftarah for Shabbat Ḥazon, along with its new translation, has the verses recited in Eikha trop marked in blue and the verses in haftarah trop in black. . . .