January 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Barry Block on 10 January 2020

Contributor(s):

United States Congressional Record and Barry Block

Categories:

United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags:

House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis, 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 10 January 2020. . . .

שבע ברכות | Sheva Brakhot, the seven blessings following the Birkat Mazon at a wedding meal

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Engagements & Weddings

Tags:

ברכות brakhot, eros, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, wedding blessings, nisuin, blessings

The text of the Sheva Brakhot from the birkon of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Birkhot haShaḥar

Tags:

54th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, מודה אני Modeh Ani, Sunrise, רשות reshut, Wakefulness, Gratitude, Alive, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 16th century C.E.

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

אוֹי לַלֵב שֶׁאֵינָה שְׁבוּרָה | Woe to the Heart that is not Broken, a ḳinnah by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen (2019)

Contributor(s):

Categories:

Tishah b'Av, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry

Tags:

קינות Ḳinnot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., welcome the immigrant, United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, אוי oy

A ḳinnah composed in response to the agonizing and cruel United States immigration policy implemented under the presidency of Donald Trump. . . .

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 (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Aharon ben Yaakov Perlov of Karlin

Categories:

Se'udat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

hymns, יה אכסוף Yah Ekhsof, זמירות zemirot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Ḥasidic

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

אֵל אָדוֹן (אשכנז) | El Adōn, a piyyut attributed to the Yordei Merkavah (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

Tags:

heikhalot literature, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, יוצר אור yotser ohr, אל אדון el adon, interpretive translation, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim

The piyyut, El Adon, in Hebrew with an interpretive “praying translation” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalom, z”l. . . .

הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ | Hashkivenu, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Tags:

השכיבנו hashkivenu, blessings following the shema, interpretive translation, apotropaic prayers of protection

The Hashkivenu prayer of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Arvit l'Shabbat, Baqashot, Musaf l'Shabbat

Tags:

cosmological, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., חתימות ḥatimot (concluding prayers), ABCB rhyming scheme, אדון עולם Adon Olam, interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, Openers

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

נִשְׁמַת כָּל חַי | Nishmat Kol Ḥai, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Hallel, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

Tags:

Crowning, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, drought conditions, thanksgiving, rainfall, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, interpretive translation, Late Antiquity

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. . . .

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 (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Musaf l'Shabbat

Tags:

Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud, acrostic, 12th century C.E.

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

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, libi uv'sari, צמאה נפשי Tsamah Nafshi, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature

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

יוֹם שַׁבָּתוֹן | Yom Shabbaton, a Shabbat song by Yehudah haLevi (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi

Categories:

Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, זמירות zemirot, acrostic

An interpretive translation of Yehudah haLevi’s shabbat song, “Yom Shabbaton.” . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Birkat Ga'al Yisrael for Ma'ariv/Arvit

Tags:

redemption, blessings following the shema, אמת ואמונה Emet v'Emunah, ברכת גאל ישראל birkat ga'al yisrael

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 (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Categories:

Tags:

יזכור yizkor, אל מלא רחמים El Malé Raḥamim, Grief, burial service

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 (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Categories:

Taḥanun (Nefilat Apayim)

Tags:

תקונים tiqqunim

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 (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Categories:

Tags:

Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, affirmations

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 (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Categories:

Shabbat Siddurim

Tags:

interpretive translation, English Translation, Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, neo-lurianic, devotional interpretation, Needing Decompilation

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):

United States Congressional Record and Maurice Kaprow

Categories:

United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags:

English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Senate, 110th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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):

United States Congressional Record and Ellen Bernhardt

Categories:

United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags:

תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Senate, 108th Congress

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):

United States Congressional Record and Maurice Kaprow

Categories:

United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags:

58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 108th Congress, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E.

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):

United States Congressional Record and Elie Spitz

Categories:

United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags:

House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 108th Congress, Operation Margarethe, 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 18 March 2004. . . .

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 (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria

Categories:

Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature

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

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Stephen Hanan

Categories:

Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

Tags:

המשכן the Mishkan, hymns, 20th century C.E., Openers, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, הללו־יה hallelu-yah

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

Categories:

Hekhalot Writings

Tags:

Early Ammoraic, Early Middle Ages, birds, creeping creatures, cosmological, 5th century C.E., animals, 43rd century A.M., hymns of creation, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, heikhalot literature, Openers, Late Tannaitic

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

List of Prayers

Contributor(s):

Categories:

Complete List of Prayers, &c. (sorted alphabetically)

Tags:

. . .

List of Readings & Sourcetexts

Contributor(s):

Categories:

Complete List of Readings, &c. (sorted alphabetically)

Tags:

. . .

List of Miscellanies

Contributor(s):

Categories:

Complete List of Miscellanies (sorted alphabetically)

Tags:

. . .

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

Tags:

capitalism, Post–World War II economic expansion, S.S. Kresge, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, dedications and consecrations, New Jersey

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, retirement

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Learning, Study, and School, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

Tags:

Prayers of Jewish Educators, commencement, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags:

20th century C.E., still small voice, 58th century A.M., Btselem Elohim, English vernacular prayer, מי או מה who or what

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, baseball, little league baseball

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags:

English vernacular prayer, Y'mei Bein haMitsrim, liberation from mitsrayim, depression, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry

Tags:

fellowship, American Jewry of the United States, love your fellow as yourself, Trenton Six, 20th century C.E., Community, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers

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 (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

Tags:

anti-communist, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, New Jersey, capitalism, Post–World War II economic expansion, Cold War (1947–1953)

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 (transcription) and Simon Glazer

Categories:

Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)

Tags:

North American Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Great Depression in the United States, 20th century C.E., parnasah, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers

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 (transcription), David Bueno de Mesquita, Moses Gaster (translation) and David de Aaron de Sola (translation)

Categories:

Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim

Tags:

20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Sefaradi, Spanish-Portuguese, 57th century A.M.

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 (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and David de Aaron de Sola (translation)

Categories:

Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah

Tags:

20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Sefaradi, Spanish-Portuguese, 57th century A.M.

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 (transcription), Honi Sanders (translation) and Raphael Barukh Toledano

Categories:

Shavuot, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)

Tags:

התורה the Torah, 20th century C.E., זמירות zemirot, 57th century A.M., Needing Source Images

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 (transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

Ladino vernacular prayer, Morocco, the Furnace, 19th century C.E., fire, זמירות zemirot, 57th century A.M., Avraham Avinu

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

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

Categories:

Arvit l'Shabbat, Baqashot, Musaf l'Shabbat

Tags:

interpretive translation, אדון עולם Adon Olam, פיוטים piyyutim, Openers, free translation, cosmological, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., חתימות ḥatimot (concluding prayers), ABCB rhyming scheme, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, rhyming translation

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

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Ḳabbalat Shabbat, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Saturday

Tags:

Psalm of the Day, Bohemia, Teḥinot in German, German vernacular prayer, Bohemian Jewry, 19th century C.E., Paraliturgical Psalms 92, Saturday, 57th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom

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 (transcription) and Isaac Henry Myers

Categories:

Homes & Community Centers

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Jewry, English vernacular prayer, apotropaic prayers of protection, dedications and consecrations, ברכת הבית birkat habayit, Ramsgate

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

Categories:

Tags:

paraliturgical teḥinot, French Jewry, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Friday, French vernacular prayer, North American Jewry, Psalms 121, 19th century C.E., Paraliturgical Psalms 121, English Translation, 57th century A.M., the sixth day

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

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Blessings After Eating

Tags:

Jewish Women's Prayers, Ladino vernacular prayer, paraliturgical birkat hamazon, זמירות zemirot, English Translation, Needing citation references, Needing Source Images

A paraliturgical birkat hamazon in Ladino. . . .

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 (transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki

Categories:

Musaf l'Shabbat

Tags:

Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud, acrostic, 12th century C.E.

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)

Categories:

Hallel, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

Tags:

Late Antiquity, Crowning, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, drought conditions, thanksgiving, rainfall, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai

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

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 (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Avraham bar Menaḥem

Categories:

Tags:

סליחות seliḥot, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature

“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 (transcription), Wikisource Contributors (proofreading), David Asher (translation) and Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq

Categories:

Tags:

12th century C.E., Acrostic signature, פזמונים pizmonim, 50th century A.M., acrostic

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 (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation), Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period

Tags:

Aramaic, martyrdom, deuterocanonical works, Daniel

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 (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation), Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period

Tags:

dragons, iconoclastic, the Pit, captive animals, Aramaic, קפיצת הדרך ḳfitsat haderekh, anti-predatory, חבקוק Ḥabaquq, Antiquity, captives, deuterocanonical works, Jewish Antiquities

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). . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Tags:

Acrostic signature, ספר יצירה Sefer Yetsirah, קדיש ḳaddish, רשות reshut, אגדלך Agadelkha, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 12th century C.E., cosmological, 49th century A.M.

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

אֶזְכְּרָה מָצוֹק | Ezkerah Matsōk (“I remember the distress”), a seliḥah for the Fast of Tevet attributed to Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils (11th c.)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils

Categories:

Tags:

סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M.

“Ezkera Matsok” (I remember the distress) is a seliḥah in alphabetic acrostic recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . .

💬 Σουσαννα | שׁוֹשַׁנָּה וְהַזְּקֵנִים | Shoshanah & the Elders, according to Theodotion translated and cantillated in Masoretic Hebrew by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Theodotion (translation/Greek) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period

Tags:

anti-predatory, Antiquity, sexual predation, deuterocanonical works, Jewish Antiquities

The story of Shoshanah & the Elders, according to the text of Theodotion translated into Biblical Hebrew. . . .

💬 Βηλ Και Δρακων | בֵּל וְהַתַּנִּין | Bel & the Dragon, according to Theodotion translated and cantillated in Masoretic Hebrew by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Theodotion (translation/Greek) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period

Tags:

קפיצת הדרך ḳfitsat haderekh, anti-predatory, Antiquity, captives, deuterocanonical works, Jewish Antiquities, dragons, iconoclastic, the Pit, captive animals

The story of Bel and the Dragon according to the text of Theodotion, translated into biblical Hebrew. . . .

List of Compilations

Contributor(s):

Categories:

Complete List of Siddurim, &c. (sorted alphabetically)

Tags:

. . .

תהלים ס׳ | Psalms 60 for the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

Categories:

Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72), Asarah b'Tevet

Tags:

Mikhtam, Psalms 60, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ

Psalms 60 in Hebrew with English translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, presented for the fast of the Tenth of Tevet. . . .

תהלים ק״ז | Psalms 107, arranged by Aharon Varady

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Minḥah

Tags:

Gratitude, thankfulness, thanksgiving, Psalms 107

Psalms 107 in Hebrew with English translation as arranged by Aharon Varady. . . .

תהלים קי״ב | Psalms 112 (Ashrei Ish)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

Tags:

gender expression, role models, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil, men, acrostic, gender roles, Alphabetic Acrostic

Psalms 112 in Hebrew with English translation, arranged by Aharon Varady. . . .

תהלים קל״ט | Psalms 139, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

Tags:

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

Psalms 139 in Hebrew with an interpretive translation in English by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Yitro (Isaiah 6:1-7:6 & 9:5-6): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

Categories:

Yeshayah (Isaiah), Parashat Yitro

Tags:

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

The haftarah reading for Parashat Yitro, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Mishpatim (Jeremiah 34:8-22 & 33:25-26): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen

Categories:

Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), Parashat Mishpatim

Tags:

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

The haftarah reading for Parashat Mishpatim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .