March 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

A playful, powerful, passionate reading for Passover seder or any time. Can be chanted to the traditional Ashkenazi lilt for the Four Questions. . . .

מי שברך לשלום החולים במגפת נגיף הקורונה | Mi sheBerakh for the Welfare of those Ill from the Coronavirus Epidemic (Schechter Rabbinical Seminary 2020)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Masorti Movement in Israel

A Mi Sheberakh prayer offered on behalf of those battling, suffering from, and imperiled by the 2019-2020 Coronavirus Outbreak and pandemic. . . .

הַכָּרָת רִבּוֹנוּת הָאָרֶץ | Indigenous Land Acknowledgement for Toronto, by Aurora Mendelsohn (2020)

Contributor(s):

Aurora Mendelsohn

An acknowledgement that the land we are conducting our religious ceremonies on is the sacred and traditional land of Indigenous people. It involves a kavvanah and study verses as well as the land acknowledgement. . . .

תפילה פרטי ליושבי הסגר | Private Prayer for Those Dwelling in Quarantine, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2020)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

A private prayer for those dwelling in quarantine and are unable to fulfill any mitzvot that require public action. Can be recited as part of the “Shomea Tefilah” section of the amidah, or independently. . . .

מי שברך על כל המחרפים נפשם לעצור את המגפה | Mi sheBerakh for the Medical Workers & Researchers on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (2020)

Contributor(s):

Stephen Belsky

A prayer for the medical workers and researchers on the front lines of treating the afflicted and finding a cure for the COVID19 coronavirus pandemic. . . .

Prayer Amid the Pandemic, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2020)

Contributor(s):

Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth

A prayer from the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . .

Prayer for Workers in a Time of Pandemic, by Rabbi Michael Rothbaum (New England Jewish Labor Committee 2020)

Contributor(s):

Michael Rothbaum and New England Jewish Labor Committee

A prayer for workers and worker needs amid the 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. . . .

תפילה בתגובה למגפה | A Prayer in Response to the Coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash 2020)

Contributor(s):

Shmuly Yanklowitz and Simcha Daniel Burstyn (translation)

A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . .

📖 סידור מסורתי | Siddur Masorti (Izzun Books 2019)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation), Isaac Treuherz and Noam Sienna

A bilingual Hebrew-English egalitarian and Sefaradi weekday siddur. . . .

תְּחִינָה װען עס ברעכט אױס אַ מַגֵפָה | A Tkhine When an Epidemic Breaks Out (1916)

Contributor(s):

Meena-Lifshe Viswanath (translation), Zach Golden (translation), Noam Lerman (translation), Der Tekhines Proyekt and Unknown Author(s)

A tkhine in the event of an epidemic. . . .

הֵצִיץ וָמֵת | He Gazed and Died, a poem on the death of the sage Shimon ben Azzai by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1916)

Contributor(s):

Ruth Nevo (translation), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) and Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik

A poem describing the ascent and death of the Tannaitic sage, Shimon ben Azzai. . . .

יָהּ עֶזְרָתִי מִן שְׁמַיָּא | Yah Ezrati Min Shemayya, a piyyut by Ḥayyim Shaul Abboud (ca. 20th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Ḥayyim Shaul Aboud

A 20th century piyyut by Ḥayyim Shaul Aboud. . . .

אֵלֶֽיךָ אֶקְרָא יָהּ | Elekha Eqra Yah, a piyyut by Rabbi Shlomoh Zrihen (20th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shlomoh Zrihen

A popular 20th century piyyut. . . .

קמע לשמירת המגפה | Amulet for Protection from the Plague, attributed to Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (ca. 19th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Moshe Teitelbaum

A popular prophylactic amulet in the event of an epidemic. . . .

די שטערן־שטרײפיקע פאָן | The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key (1814), Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin (1950)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Berl Lapin (translation) and Francis Scott Key

The National Anthem of the United States of America with a Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin. . . .

תפלה לרופא | A Physician’s Prayer, by Markus Herz (1783)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Chana Deutsch (Magyar translation), Harry Friedenwald (English translation), Isaac Abraham Eüchel (Hebrew translation) and Markus Herz

A prayer of a physician from Markus Herz in German with its Hebrew and English translations. . . .

אֲדוֹן הַכֹּל | Adon haKol, a piyyut by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi (ca. 17th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shalom ben Yosef ben Avigad Shabazi

The piyyut, “Adon haKol” by Rabbi Shalom Shabazi . . .

אָנָא אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶךָ | Ana Élékh Méruḥekha, a piyyut by Yisrael Najara (ca. 16th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Yisrael Najara

A piyyut of divine-closeness by Yisrael Najara. . . .

אוֹדֶה לָאֵל | Odeh la-El, a morning piyyut by Rabbi Shamayah Ḳosson (ca. 16th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shamayah Ḳosson

“Odeh La-Él” sings to the waking soul, calling on it to return to the service of the Divine. . . .

💬 מְגִלַּת פִּסְגָּה | Megillat Fustat, a Purim Sheni legend for the 28th of Adar translated and cantillated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

Behold, a full text of the Megillah of Fustat, telling a story of a great miracle that happened in 1524 CE (5284 AM). . . .

💬 התפילות של מרדכי ואסתר | the Prayers of Mordekhai and Esther, from Divrei haYamim l’Yeraḥmiel (ca. 11-12th c.)

Contributor(s):

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

The dream and prayer of Mordecai, and the prayer of Esther, as copied in the medieval pseudo-historical Chronicle of Yeraḥmiel. . . .

כָּל־בְּרוּאֵי | Kol B’ru-ei, a piyyut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s):

Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

A piyyut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol included in the arrangement of Baqashot before the morning service in the liturgical custom of Sefaradim. . . .

📄 הגדה של פסח | Pesaḥ Haggadah (Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael), based on multiple Cairo Geniza manuscripts compiled and translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

This is a vocalized reconstruction, arrangement and translation of the Haggadah according to the ancient Land of Israel rite, based on multiple manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza, including Halper 211 and T-S H2.152, with additional input from the Italian rite and customs recorded by Rav Saadia Gaon. It is translated in gender-neutral Hebrew. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Vayiqra (Isaiah 43:21-44:23): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

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

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

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Tsav (Jeremiah 7:21-8:3 & 9:22-23): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

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

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