January 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This “praying translation” of the piyyut Nishmat Kol Ḥai is included in Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s Sabbath Supplement to his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi ~ As I Can Say It (for Praying in the Vernacular) (2009). The translation includes several prayers that follow the piyyut: Ha-El B’ta’atsumot Uzekha, and Shoḥen Ad. . . .

בִּרְכָּת גָּאַל יִשְׂרָאֵל | Emet v’Emunah, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

The first of two blessings following the shema in the evening, rendered by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in his English “praying translation.” . . .

אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים | El Malé Raḥamim (Prayer for the Departed), interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

The prayer El Malé Raḥamim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . .

After the weekday Amidah, a prescription for taḥanun from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

A prescriptive instruction from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi on the purpose of the taḥanun after the Amidah. . . .

Shabbat Affirmations for Erev Shabbat, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Shabbat Affirmations for erev shabbat in preparation of welcoming the shabbat. . . .

📖 סידור תהילת ה׳ ידבר פי לקוטי תפילה לשבת | Shabbat Supplement to Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2009)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

A sabbath Supplement to Reb Zalman’s Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi ~ As I Can Say It (for Praying in the Vernacular) (2009). . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Commander Maurice S. Kaprow on 25 September 2008

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Maurice Kaprow

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 September 2008. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Ellen Bernhardt on 20 May 2004

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Ellen Bernhardt

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 2004. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Commander Maurice S. Kaprow on 5 May 2004

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Maurice Kaprow

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 May 2004. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Elie Spitz on 18 March 2004

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Elie Spitz

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 March 2004. . . .

“Prayer Song,” a hymn by Stephen Hanan Kaplan from the play, David Dances (1975)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer written for the play David Dances (1997) by playwright Stephen Mo Hanan. . . .

📖 פֶּרֶק שִׁירָה | Pereq Shirah, critical text by Dr. Malachi Beit-Arié (1967)

Contributor(s):

Malachi Beit-Arié

The critical text of Pereq Shirah prepared by Dr. Malachi Beit-Arié in 1967. . . .

List of Prayers

Contributor(s):

the Hierophant

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List of Readings & Sourcetexts

Contributor(s):

the Hierophant

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List of Miscellanies

Contributor(s):

the Hierophant

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Prayer for American Enterprise [at the opening of a Kresge’s department store], by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1956)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer offered at the opening of a department store during the post-WWII economic expansion in the United States. . . .

[Prayer on the] Retirement of a Civic Servant (Mayor Charles Henry Martens), by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1952)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer composed for a ceremony honoring the tenure of Charles Henry Martens, mayor of East Orange, New Jersey on his retirement from three decades of civic service. . . .

[Prayer for a] Teachers’ Commencement, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer offered at a ceremony honoring the graduated of the New Jersey State Teachers’ College in Newark in 1951. . . .

[Prayer] in Illness, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer to provide some relief and comfort tor an ill patient. . . .

[Prayer for] Little League [Baseball], by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer for American democracy as enshrined in Little League Baseball. . . .

[Prayer for] Rebirth, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer anticipating the spring as a metaphor for liberation, mental wellness, and spiritual rebirth. . . .

[Prayer] in Spring, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer “in spring” that uses the metaphor of mining for seeking out the goodness in one’s fellow. . . .

[Prayer before] the Chamber of Commerce and Civics [of the Oranges & Maplewood, New Jersey], a Cold War prayer by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1950)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

A prayer for the continuance of “the American way of life” offered during the Cold War (1947-1953) in northern New Jersey. . . .

Prayer for Sustenance (Parnasah), by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1930)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer for lifegiving sustenance. . . .

📖 סדר התפלות ליום כפור (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Seder haTefilot l’Yom Kippur, edited and revised by Moses Gaster (1904, amended 1934)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), David Bueno de Mesquita, Moses Gaster and David de Aaron de Sola (translation)

A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Yom Kippur, nusaḥ sefarad, with a translation for Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola, revised and edited by Moses Gaster, amended by Rabbi David Bueno de Mesquita. . . .

📖 סדר התפלות לראש השנה (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Seder haTefilot l’Rosh haShanah, edited and revised by Moses Gaster (1903)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Moses Gaster and David de Aaron de Sola (translation)

A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Rosh haShanah, nusaḥ sefarad, with a translation for Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola, revised and edited by Moses Gaster. . . .

אֲשׁוֹרֵר שִׁירָה | Ashorer Shirah, a piyyut in honor of the Torah by Ḥakham Raphael Baruch Toledano (ca. 20th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Honi Sanders (translation) and Raphael Barukh Toledano

A piyyut in honor of the Torah. . . .

Kuando el rey Nimrod (When Nimrod was King), a song relating the story of Avraham & the Furnace (ca. 1890)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Unknown Author(s)

The sephardic folk-song “Kuando el rey Nimrod” in Ladino with English translation. . . .

[Gebet] Am Sabbath, by Fanny Schmiedl Neuda (1855)

Contributor(s):

Wikisource Contributors (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Julia Watts Belser (translation) and Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda

A paraliturgical prayer for Shabbat, offered by Fanny Neuda from her collection of teḥinot in vernacular German. . . .

Prayer on Entering a New Habitation, by Rabbi Isaac Henry Myers of Ramsgate (1855)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Isaac Henry Myers

A prayer on entering a new habitation or dedication for a new home by Rabbi Isaac Henry Myers of Ramsgate. . . .

Méditation Pour Le Veille Du Sabbat | Meditation for the Eve of the Sabbath (Friday), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1852)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron

A prayer for Kabbalat Shabbat, reflecting on the creator of creation. . . .

יָהּ אֶכְסוֹף נוֹעַם שַׁבָּת | Yah Ekhsof No’am Shabbat, a Shabbes hymn by Reb Aharon of Karlin (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Aharon ben Yaakov Perlov of Karlin

An interpretive translation of the shabbes hymn, Yah Ekhsof. . . .

Ya Komimos (We have eaten), a piyyut for the Birkat haMazon in Ladino

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

A paraliturgical birkat hamazon in Ladino. . . .

מודה אני | Modeh Ani by Moshe ibn Makhir (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Mosheh ben Yehudah ibn Makhir

Modeh Ani, in Hebrew with English translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . .

שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)

A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (translation by Israel Wolf Slotki)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki

A translation of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

נִשְׁמַת כָּל חַי (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Nishmat Kol Ḥai, arranged by Aharon Varady

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

The text of the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

יוֹם זֶה לְיִשְׁרַאֵל | Yom Zeh l’Yisrael, a Shabbat hymn attributed to Rabbi Yitsḥaq Luria (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria

An interpretive translation in English of the shabbes hymn Yom Zeh l’Yisrael. . . .

אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם | Adōn Olam, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive “praying translation” of the piyyut, Adon Olam. . . .

אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Adōn Olam, rhyming translation by Rosa Emma Salaman (1855)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

A rhyming English translation of Adon Olam by Rosa Emma Salaman. . . .

אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה | Even haRoshah (“The corner stone”), a seliḥah for the Fast of Tevet attributed to Avraham bar Menaḥem (13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), David Asher (translation) and Avraham bar Menaḥem

“Even haRoshah” (the corner stone) is a seliḥah recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . .

אֲבוֹתַי כִּי בָטְחוּ | Avotai ki vatkhu (“When our forefathers trusted”), a pizmon for the Fast of Tevet ascribed to Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq of Regensburg (12th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Wikisource Contributors (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq

A pizmon recited on the Fast of Tevet in the tradition of nusaḥ Ashkenaz. . . .

תפילת עזריה חנניה ומישאל בתוך הכבשן | The Prayer of Azaryah, Ḥananyah, and Mishael from within the Furnace, according to the Aramaic text of Divrei Yeraḥmiel (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Moses Gaster, Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo and Unknown Author(s)

The prayer of Azaryah and his song of praise with Ḥananyah, and Mishael from within the Furnace (also known as “the song of the three holy children”) found in Aramaic in the Divrei Yeraḥmiel (the Chronicles of Jeraḥmeel, Oxford Bodleian Heb d.11). . . .

דָּנִיֵּאל וְהַתַּנִּין | Daniel vs. the Dragon, according to the Aramaic text of Divrei Yeraḥmiel (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Moses Gaster, Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo and Unknown Author(s)

The story of Daniel and the dragon held captive by the neo-Babylonians found in Aramaic in the Divrei Yeraḥmiel (the Chronicles of Jeraḥmeel, Oxford Bodleian Heb d.11). . . .

צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי | Tsam’ah Nafshi, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Avraham ibn Ezra

An interpretive translation of a piyyut composed as an introduction to the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai. . . .

אֲגַדֶלְךָ | Agadelkha, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (ca. 12th c.) translation by Anonymous

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Avraham ibn Ezra

A popular piyyut for all occasions by Avraham ibn Ezra. . . .