A comprehensive arrangement of seliḥot (סליחות, penitential prayers) for the entire year, translated into English by the great scholar David Asher. . . . A hymn by the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, included in the hymnal of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Philadelphia in 1926. . . . A bilingual Hebrew-English comprehensive siddur arranged and translated by Rabbi Abraham Pereira Mendes. . . . A tkhine for when biting the pitom from the etrog . . . Fanny Neuda’s teḥinah for women experiencing difficulty conceiving children. . . . Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Bohemian Jewry, conception, fertility, first person, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German Hälē Hälē yebärkewo (Praise, Praise, Bless the One) is the fourth prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. . . . Wäṣoru Tabotomu (They Carried Out Their Ark) is the first prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. It is a prayer said upon the removal of the Orit from the synagogue ark. . . . Wäy’ärgu Debre (And They Climbed the Mount) is the second prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. It is the first prayer said upon arriving on the mountain, based on the ritual described in Neḥemyah 9. . . . Yitbärēk Egzi’äbḥer (Blessed be YHVH) is the third prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. It is a morning blessing. . . . Mänabərätä betä Dawitə (Thrones of David’s House) is the sixth prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. It is an ancient text inspired by and quoting Psalm 122, partially in Geʿez and partially in Agaw. . . . Nəʽu nəsəgədə (Come, Let Us Bow) is the fifth prayer in this order of prayers for the morning of Sigd. . . . A hymn for peace and the end of war. . . . A tkhine (supplication) for a bride to say before their wedding, transcribed and translated from the Siddur Qorban Minḥah (1897). . . . A tkhine (supplication) for a mother to say before her daughter’s wedding, transcribed and translated from the Siddur Qorban Minḥah (1897). . . . 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. . . . Kabbalistic kavvanot and blessing formulations for the eight nights of Ḥanukkah. . . . 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. . . . The Prayer for Rosh Ḥodesh from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . . A kinah/elegy for those massacred in the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648–1649 composed by a possible eyewitness to the tragedy. . . . A 42 Letter Divine Name acrostic piyyut to comfort someone in the process of dying. . . . A popular piyyut for Simḥat Torah (4th hakkafah) originally composed as a piyyut for Shavuot and often referred to by its incipit, “Mipi El.” . . . A different version of the poem Lekhah Dodi according to the book Seder haYom by R. Moshe ibn Makhir of righteous blessed memory, vocalized and translated into English by Isaac Mayer. . . . The mystical piyyut of Avraham Maimin, a student of Moshe Cordovero, translated by Len Fellman. . . . A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile. . . . The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in Hebrew set side-by-side with an Aramaic translation. . . . The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in its original Hebrew and Yiddish, with a translation in English. . . . A Judeo-Berber translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . A Judeo-Arabic translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . An Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya in its Syrian Jewish Damascus variation. . . . Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Arabic translation, Aramaic, Damascus, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Judeo-Arabic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, Syria, זמירות zemirot A Judezmo/Ladino translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo, Ladino Translation, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot A Judeo-Tajik translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, Bukharan Jewry, Bukhori, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Judeo-Tajik, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot The Megillat Saragossa (also known as the Megillat Syracusa) in Hebrew and English, named after the tale of rescue and reversal of fortune in the cultural memory of some Sepharadi communities, to be read on the 17th of Shəvat. . . . The Italian Jewish community is one of the oldest continuous Jewish communities on the planet, dating back to the Roman empire at the latest.The Italian Jewish nusaḥ preserves several archaic practices that Ashkenazi and Sephardi rites no longer follow, many of which were found in gaonic siddurim and preserved only among the Italians. One fascinating custom of the Italian Jews is the recitation of what Ashkenazim and Sephardim call “Kol Nidrei” not in Aramaic, but in Hebrew, under the name “Kol N’darim.” This custom, also found among the Romaniotes of Greece, is elsewhere only found in the siddur of Rav Amram Gaon. The text included here is transcribed, niqqud and all, directly from a 1469 Italian-rite siddur found in the British Library. The scribe uses several non-standard vocalizations, which have been marked in editors’ notes. . . . An early printing of the 42 divine name letter acrostic piyyut, Ana b’Khoaḥ. . . . A litany of angelic names recorded in Sefer HaQanah, whose initial letters spells out the 42 letter divine name as also found in Sefer haPeliah. . . . A litany of angelic names recorded in Sefer haPeliah whose initial letters spells out the 42 letter divine name as also found (in variation) in Sefer HaQanah. . . . A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening. . . . A reading from the Zohar providing context for the second meal of Shabbat (the Saturday lunch meal). . . . A reading from the Zohar providing context for the third meal of Shabbat (the Saturday afternoon meal, se’udah shlishit/shaleshudes). . . . A rhyming translation in English to the popular piyyut, Adon Olam. . . . The order of seliḥot for the day after Rosh haShanah, which is Tsom Gedalyah – the fast of Gedalyah. . . . A litany of mythical guests and creatures presenting at the Passover seder. . . . A song for celebrating the Shabbat. . . . This qina is recited in the Spanish-Portuguese rite (as practiced in the Snoge in Amsterdam, the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, and Shearith Israel in New York City among many other communities) at the conclusion of the recitation of qinot on the evening of the Ninth of Aḅ. Its refrain, taken from the Four Questions of the Passover liturgy, is reframed* as a reflection of the suffering of such a day, contrasting the celebration of salvation on Passover with the fear and desolation of the fast day. . . . Chapter 1 of Pirqei Avot (Fundamental Principles [of Rabbinic Judaism]) with cantillation and English translation. . . . A retelling of the story found in Megillat Antiokhus as midrash aggadah. . . . The critical text of Megillat Antiokhus in its original Aramaic, prepared by Menaḥem Tsvi Kaddari and translated into English by John C. Reeves. . . . The prayer, Aleinu, as read by Sepharadim, with an English translation by Rabbi David de Sola Pool. . . . Tags: 3rd century C.E., 40th century A.M., על כן נקוה al ken n'qaveh, עלינו Aleinu, censored prayers under Christendom, חתימות ḥatimot (concluding prayers), Jewish identity, מלכויות malkhuyot, standing posture, testament to divine reality, עדות witnessing The text of the Betä ʾƎsəraʾel legend of the death of Moses, translated to Hebrew by Jacques Faïtlovitch, and vocalized, cantillated, and translated into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . . The Yom Kippur vidui — confession — translated by Naomi Socher-Lerner. . . . |
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