February 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Seth Frisch on 5 February 2020

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Seth H. Frisch

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 February 2020. . . .

Schedule for the Reading of Ketuvim Aḥerim corresponding to the Weekly Torah Portion, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

A schedule for the reading of Proverbs, Job, Chronicles, Ezra/Neḥemiah, and Daniel, corresponding to each Torah portion of the annual reading cycle in the rabbinic Jewish calendar. . . .

Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Shevat, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

Contributor(s):

Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

A blessing for announcing the new moon of Shevat, for Rosh Ḥodesh Shevat, and for the whole month. . . .

Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

Contributor(s):

Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

A blessing for announcing the new moon of Adar, for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar, and for the whole month. . . .

מי שברך לחולים במגפה | Mi sheBerakh for those ill from the COVID-19 Coronavirus, by Nurit Novis (2020)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Nurit Novis

A prayer in response to the suffering of the coronavirus and the danger posed by its global spread. . . .

תפילה על האיחוי והרעות | A Prayer for Brotherhood, Unity, and Friendship on Israeli Election Day (2020)

Contributor(s):

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel

Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . .

תפילה בתגובה למגפה | Prayer in response to the Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy (Assemblea Dei Rabbini D’Italia 2020)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Assemblea Dei Rabbini D'Italia

A prayer disseminated by the Assemblea Dei Rabbini D’Italia in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in Italy and around the world. . . .

תפילה לפני קידושין | Prayer before Kiddushin for Couples, by Sarah Groner

Contributor(s):

Sarah Groner

This prayer is based on the personal prayer said on holidays before Torah reading. The grammar has been adapted as plural rather than singular, so that the couple says the prayer together before their ritual of Kiddushin (betrothal). . . .

עמידה | Another version of the Weekday Amidah, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):

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

A version of the weekday Amiday by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi emphasizing personal prayer, set side-by-side with a Sefaradi text of the Amidah. . . .

Prayer for Our Country [upon the Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama], by Ilana Joy Streit (2009)

Contributor(s):

Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

A prayer upon the inauguration of President Obama in January 2009. . . .

בָּרְכוּ | Barkhu, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

Barkhu, the call to prayer, in Hebrew and English. . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Maariv/Arvit, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

The second evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Ma’ariv Aravim, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

The first evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Ari Korenblit on 19 November 2003

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Ari Korenblit

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 November 2003. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Milton Balkany on 26 June 2003

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Milton Balkany

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 June 2003. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. David Halpern on 17 June 2003

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and David Halpern

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 June 2003. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg on 11 June 2003

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Bernhard H. Rosenberg

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 June 2003. . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Manny Behar on 30 April 2003

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Manny Behar

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 April 2003. . . .

לְכָה דוֹדִי | Lekhah Dodi, the piyyut for Ḳabbalat Shabbat by Shlomo haLevi Al-Qabets (translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi)

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Shlomo haLevi Al-Qabets

This translation of the piyyut for Shabbat by Shlomo Al-Qabets can be found in HaAvodah SheBaLev – the Service of the Heart (Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem, 2007). . . .

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Carole Meyers on 8 November 2001

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Carole L. Meyers

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 November 2001 (after 9/11). . . .

תחנה פון אײן שװאנגער אשה זאל ניט מפיל זיין | Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman that She Not Miscarry (1910)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A prayer for a pregnant woman that she not suffer a miscarriage. . . .

תחנה פאר אײן אִשָׁה װאָס דארף האָבּין אײַן קינד | Tkhine for a Woman who is about to Have a Child (1910)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A prayer for a pregnant woman whose childbirth is immanent. . . .

א תחנה פאר א אשה מעוברת אז זיא גײט צו קינד | Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman when She is about to Give Birth (1910)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A prayer for a pregnant woman approaching her childbirth. . . .

זֶה הֶעָפָר הָיָה פַּעַם הָאִישׁ | This Dust was Once the Man, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman (1871), Hebrew translation by Shimon Halkin (1952)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Shimon Halkin (translation) and Walt Whitman

An elegy by Walt Whitman for President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . .

הוֹ קְבַרְנִיט! קְבַרְנִיטִי!‏ | O Captain! My Captain!, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman (1865), Hebrew translation by Shimon Halkin (1952)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Shimon Halkin (translation) and Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman’s famous poem eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . .

אָ, קאפּיטאן! מײַן קאפּיטאן!‏ | O Captain! My Captain!, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman (1865), Yiddish translation by Eliezer Meler (1940)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Eliezer Meler (translation) and Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman’s famous poem eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Yiddish translation. . . .

אָ, קאפּיטאן! מײַן קאפּיטאן!‏ | O Captain! My Captain!, an elegy for President Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman (1865), Yiddish translation by Avrom Valt-Lyessin (1913)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Avrom Valt-Lyessin (translation) and Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman’s famous poem eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Yiddish translation. . . .

💬 כִּי בְּהַרְאָיָה הַשֵּׁנִית | The Second Inaugural Address of President Abraham Lincoln on 4 March 1865

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Abraham Lincoln

The second inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln in English with a cantillized Hebrew translation suitable for chanting. . . .

[Gebet] Vor der Entbindung | [Prayer] Before the Childbirth, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth in the 19th century. . . .

תחנה אױף קינדער האבין (פאר א אִשָׁה װאָס האָט ניט קײַן קינדער)‏ | Tkhine for Having Children for a Woman who Has No Children (ca. 1840)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Norman Tarnor (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A prayer for a childless woman seeking to conception. . . .

A Prayer for a Woman before giving birth, from a Seder Tkhines (ca. 1640-1720)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth, from an unidentified volume of the Seder Tkhines (circa 1640-1720). . . .

A Delightful Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman to Say (ca. early 17th c.)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer of a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth. . . .

A Prayer for a Pregnant Woman to Say when She Wishes for an Easy Labor (ca. early 17th c.)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating her childbirth. . . .

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ | Yedid Nefesh, a piyyut transmitted by Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (ca. 16th c.) translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Elazar ben Moshe Azikri

A variation of the piyyut “Yedid Nefesh” in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

קדיש שלם | Ḳaddish Shalem (extended), according to the nusaḥ of the Cochin Jews

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A traditional Cochin Ḳaddish Shalem, based on siddurim published for the Cochin Jewish community by the Props brothers of Amsterdam. . . .

יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ | Yedid Nefesh, a piyyut transmitted by Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (ca. 16th c.) translated by Rabbi Sam Seicol

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Rabbi Sam Seicol and Elazar ben Moshe Azikri

A variation of the piyyut “Yedid Nefesh” in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים ט״ו | Psalms 15, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

Psalms 15, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים כ״ז | Psalms 27, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

Psalms 27, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים כ״ט | Psalms 29, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 29, in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ב | Psalms 92, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

Psalms 92, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ג | Psalms 93, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 93, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ה | Psalms 95, translated by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 95, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ו | Psalms 96, translated by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 96 in Hebrew, with an English translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ז | Psalms 97, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 97, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ח | Psalms 98, abridged translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 98, in Hebrew with an abridged translation. . . .

תהלים צ״ט | Psalms 99, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):

Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)

Psalms 99, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .

אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ | Ashrei Yoshvei Veitekha (Psalms 145), an Alphabetical English Translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

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

Why is Ashrei such a beloved part of the service? Partially it is because of its alphabetical structure, making it perfect for communal reading. This translation attempts to preserve this in an English equivalence. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Shabbat Zakhor (1 Samuel 15:1-34): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

The haftarah reading for Shabbat Zakhor preceding Purim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Shabbat Maḥar Ḥodesh (1 Samuel 20:18-42): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with erev Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Shabbat haGadol (Malakhi 3:4-24): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

The haftarah reading for Shabbat haGadol preceding Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .