July 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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

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United States Congressional Record and Gershon Avtzon

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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Prayers of Guest Chaplains, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, 116th Congress, 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 25 July 2019. . . .

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

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United States Congressional Record and Mark Getman

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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, 116th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E.

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

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US Veterans Day Readings

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military, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States

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

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International Workers' Day Readings, US Labor Day Readings

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States

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)

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Zackary Sholem Berger

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Government & Country, United States of America, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof

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):

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

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Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers)

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בענטשן bentshn, זמירות zemirot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., wedding bentshers, wedding blessings, Needing Decompilation

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

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Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers)

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gender inclusive, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., wedding bentshers, queer-friendly, בענטשן bentshn, Needing Decompilation

An Ashkenazi Queer-Friendly bentsher. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

Seth (Avi) Kadish

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Davvening, Liturgical traditions, Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., reference works

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

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20th century C.E., animals, בהמות behemot, 58th century A.M., Grief, domesticated animals, burial service, interspecies relationships

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 (transcription)

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Haggadot for the Seder Leil Pesaḥ

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58th century A.M., Aramaic translation, Kurdish Jewry, Israel, 20th century C.E.

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):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Emma Goldman

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National Brotherhood Week, Modern Miscellany, International Workers' Day Readings, US Independence Day Readings, US Labor Day Readings

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political and religious anarchism, internationalism, civil declarations and charters, 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M.

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)

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Personal & Paraliturgical Prayer collections

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19th century C.E., Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, תחינות tkhines, 57th century A.M., Yiddish vernacular prayer

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):

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

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Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Sukkot, Kosher Slaughter

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animal welfare, anti-predatory, 56th century A.M., Likutei Tefilot, being human, 19th century C.E., menschlekite, animals, חסידי ברצלב Ḥasidei Bratslav (Breslov), Breslov

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. . . .

💬 די דעקלאראציע פון אומאָפּהענגיקײט | הצהרת העצמאות של ארצות־הברית | The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America (1776), with translations in Yiddish (1892) and Hebrew (1945)

Contributor(s):

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

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Modern Miscellany, National Brotherhood Week, US Independence Day Readings

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American War of Independence, American Jewry of the United States, the Enlightenment, United States Declaration of Independence, civil declarations and charters, United States, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E.

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):

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 b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Balaq

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mythopoesis, בלק Balaq, xenophobia, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, safe passage, anti-predatory, Midbar Paran, 35th century A.M.

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Balaq

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

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):

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Pinḥas

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פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., פינחס Pinḥas, mythopoesis, Midian, the Plains of Moav, supplementary hypothesis, the daughters of Tselofḥad, annual Torah reading cycle, Naming names

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Pinḥas

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

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):

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Matōt

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the Plains of Moav, mythopoesis, מטות Matot, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., Midian

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Matōt

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

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):

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Mas'ei

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33rd century A.M., midbar quest, the daughters of Tselofḥad, mythopoesis, מטות Matot, supplementary hypothesis, מסעי Masei, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E.

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

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Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers), Parashat Mas'ei

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

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

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Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Devarim

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הפטרות haftarot, שבת חזון Shabbat Ḥazon

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. . . .