December 2019 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Al HaNisim: For the Banners, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

Contributor(s):	Ilana Streit
Categories:	Ḥanukkah
Tags:	על הנסים al hanissim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical al haNissim
	An interpretive version of Al HaNisim for Ḥanukkah that is playful, powerful, and embodied. May it fuel our activism, including the self-care and community-building that is part of activism. . . .

Ḥanukkah Visualization on Infinite Light, by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein

Contributor(s):	Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality
Categories:	Ḥanukkah, Visual Meditation
Tags:	Light, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אור הגנוז or haganuz
	A Ḥanukkah meditation on the hidden, infinite light of creation, the Or HaGanuz, with some of the midrashic and Ḥasidic sources it is based upon. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 30 December 2019

Contributor(s):	United States Congressional Record and Arnold E. Resnicoff
Categories:	United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, 2019 Monsey Hanukkah stabbing
	The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 December 2019. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 26 December 2019

Contributor(s):	United States Congressional Record and Arnold E. Resnicoff
Categories:	United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, Impeachment of Donald Trump
	The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 December 2019. . . .

אַמעריקע די פּרעכטיקע | America the Beautiful, a patriotic hymn by Katharine Lee Bates (1895) with Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin (1950)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Berl Lapin (translation) and Katharine Lee Bates
Categories:	Independence Day (July 4th)
Tags:	20th century C.E., United States, זמירות zemirot, 58th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Yiddish songs, American Jewry of the United States, Patriotic hymns, doikayt, hereness
	“America the Beautiful,” the patriotic hymn (1911 version) by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) in its Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin (1889-1952). . . .

מִדְרַשׁ מַעֲשֶׂה חֲנֻכָּה ב׳ | Midrash Ma’aseh Ḥanukkah “bet,” a retelling of Megillat Antiokhus as Midrash Aggadah

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)
Categories:	Midrash Aggadah, Ḥanukkah Readings
Tags:	martyrdom, Megillat Antiokhus
	A retelling of the story found in Megillat Antiokhus as midrash aggadah. . . .

תחינה פון ראש חודש בענטשן | Prayer for Blessing the New Moon on the Shabbat Mevorkhim, by Sarah bat Tovim from the Tkhine of Three Gates (ca. early 18th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Sarah bat Tovim
Categories:	Shabbat Məvorkhim
Tags:	תחינות tkhines, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical Prayer for the New Month
	The Prayer for Rosh Ḥodesh from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . .

תהלים קל״ט | Psalms 139 for the Winter Solstice, attributed to Adam haRishon

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Categories:	Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Winter Solstice
Tags:	solstice, מזמור Mizmor, Winter Solstice, קלנדס Ḳalends, Psalms 139, Kalendes, Calends
	Psalms 139 in Hebrew with English translation — attributed to Adam haRishon in celebration of the lengthening of days after the Winter Solstice. . . .

Addition to the Rosh Hashanah Seder Akhilat haSimanim for the Shmitah Year, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s):	David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories:	Seder Akhilat haSimanim, Symbolic Foods, The Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags:	21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid
	Many people eat special foods as part of a mini-seder at the beginning of the Rosh Hashanah meal and invoke blessings for the year as they eat them. This year, you can add figs to your Rosh Hashanah seder (apples and honey, or apples, dates, beets, etc.) and recite with this kavvanah (intention). . . .

Additions to Piyyutim on the High Holidays for the Shemitah Year, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s):	David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories:	Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, The Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags:	פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, היום תאמצנו Hayom T'amtsenu
	Two suggestions for ḥazanim (cantors) and shliḥei tzibur on the High Holidays. . . .

מְגִילַּת אַנטְיוּכַס | Megillat Antiokhus in Aramaic, critical text by Menaḥem Tsvi Kaddari with English translation by John C. Reeves

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John C. Reeves (translation), Menaḥem Tsvi Kaddari and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings
Tags:	English Translation, Aramaic, Bar Kochba Rebellion, Late Antiquity, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, Maccabees, Megillat Antiokhus, 40th century A.M., 2nd century C.E.
	The critical text of Megillat Antiokhus in its original Aramaic, prepared by Menaḥem Tsvi Kaddari and translated into English by John C. Reeves. . . .

Introduction [to the Siddur], by Rabbi Dr. Israel Wolf Slotki (1964)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki
Categories:	Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer
Tags:	20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., introducing the Siddur, introducing Jewish prayer
	An introduction to the Siddur, by scholar and translator Israel Wolf Slotki (1884–1973). . . .

אֵין אַדִּיר כַּיְיָ (מִפִּי אֵל)‏ | Ayn Adir kAdonai (Mipi El) :: There is none like YHVH

Contributor(s):	Akiva Sanders (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Shavuot, Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, הקפה ד׳ fourth haḳafah
	A popular piyyut for Simḥat Torah (4th hakkafah) originally composed as a piyyut for Shavuot and often referred to by its incipit, “Mipi El.” . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayeḥi (1 Kings 2:1-12): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Melakhim (Kings), Parashat Vayeḥi
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeḥi, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Shemot (Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts
Categories:	Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Shemot
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ (Ovadiah 1:1-21): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Ovadiah, Parashat Vayishlaḥ
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayeshev (Amos 2:6-3:8): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Amos, Parashat Vayeshev
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeshsev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

אַשְׁרֵי | Ashrei (Psalms 145), arranged by Aharon N. Varady

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Categories:	Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Daily Hallel, Ashrei
Tags:	acrostic, Psalms 145, Alphabetic Acrostic, תהלה tehillah
	Ashrei, complete with introductory verses and a lost verse to complete the acrostic from the Chronicle of Gad the Seer. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Va’era (Ezekiel 28:25-29:21): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeḥezqel ben Būzi haKohen
Categories:	Parashat Va'era, Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel)
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Va’era, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayigash (Ezekiel 37:15-28): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeḥezqel ben Būzi haKohen
Categories:	Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel), Parashat Vayigash
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayigash, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat b’Shalaḥ (Judges 4:4-5:31): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):	Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Shoftim (Judges), Parashat b'Shalaḥ
Tags:	English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot
	The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Shalaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Kavvanot and Blessings over Kindling the Ḥanukkah lights (HUC-JIR Klau Library MSS 281, Italy 1793)

Contributor(s):	Jason Schapera (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Ḥanukkah
Tags:	56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, in the merit of Matatiyah
	Kabbalistic kavvanot and blessing formulations for the eight nights of Ḥanukkah. . . .

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