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Ḥanukkah Visualization on Infinite Light, by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein

Contributor(s):

Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality

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Ḥanukkah, Visual Meditation

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אור הגנוז or haganuz, Light, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg and neohasid.org

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, The Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)

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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. . . .

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

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Seder Akhilat haSimanim, Symbolic Foods, The Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)

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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). . . .

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

Contributor(s):

Ilana Streit

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Ḥanukkah

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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. . . .

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)

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Shavuot, Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)

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Alphabetic Acrostic, הקפה ד׳ fourth haḳafah, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., 54th century A.M.

A popular piyyut for Simḥat Torah (4th hakkafah) originally composed as a piyyut for Shavuot and often referred to by its incipit, “Mipi El.” . . .

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

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, 2019 Monsey Hanukkah stabbing, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

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

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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, Impeachment of Donald Trump, תחינות teḥinot

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 December 2019. . . .

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)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Daily Hallel, Ashrei

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Alphabetic Acrostic, תהלה tehillah, acrostic, Psalms 145

Ashrei, complete with introductory verses and a lost verse to complete the acrostic from the Chronicle of Gad the Seer. . . .

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)

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Midrash Aggadah, Ḥanukkah Readings

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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

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Shabbat Məvorkhim

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Yiddish vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical Prayer for the New Month, תחינות tkhines, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E.

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)

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Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Winter Solstice

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Calends, solstice, מזמור Mizmor, Winter Solstice, קלנדס Ḳalends, Psalms 139, Kalendes

Psalms 139 in Hebrew with English translation — attributed to Adam haRishon in celebration of the lengthening of days after the Winter Solstice. . . .

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)

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Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings

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2nd century C.E., English Translation, Aramaic, Bar Kochba Rebellion, Late Antiquity, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, Maccabees, Megillat Antiokhus, 40th century A.M.

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

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Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer

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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). . . .

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

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Melakhim (Kings), Parashat Vayeḥi

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

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

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Parashat Shemot, Yeshayah (Isaiah)

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

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

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Ovadiah, Parashat Vayishlaḥ

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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

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Amos, Parashat Vayeshev

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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. . . .

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

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Parashat Va'era, Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel)

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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

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Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel), Parashat Vayigash

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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

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Shoftim (Judges), Parashat b'Shalaḥ

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

The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Shalaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

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

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Independence Day (July 4th)

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זמירות zemirot, 58th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Yiddish songs, American Jewry of the United States, Patriotic hymns, doikayt, hereness, 20th century C.E., United States

“America the Beautiful,” the patriotic hymn (1911 version) by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) in its Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin (1889-1952). . . .

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)

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Ḥanukkah

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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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