March 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Romi Cohn on 29 January 2020

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United States Congressional Record and Romi Cohn

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, 116th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 January 2020. . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavah Rabbah, by Michal Talya

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Avraham Leader (translation) and Michal Talya

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אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah, love, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., blessings prior to the shema, paraliturgical birkat ahavah

The blessing recited prior to the Shema, in the wording of Michal Talya. . . .

Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

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

Blessing for Myself and for You, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

A poem-blessing for trailblazers of many kinds, to honor everyday courage and to inspire trust and self-compassion. . . .

Mah Nishtanah: what needs to change, a seder supplement to the Four Questions by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Leil Pesaḥ, Magid

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, מה נשתנה Mah Nishtanah, Black Lives Matter, Passover seder

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 (transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Masorti Movement in Israel

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Epidemics & Pandemics

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Epidemic, ישראל Yisrael, Pandemic, coronavirus, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel, מי שברך mi sheberakh, Needing Vocalization

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

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Ḳadesh, Canada

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parashat ḥayyei sarah, indigenous land acknowledgement, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Indigenous Peoples, haggadah supplements

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

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Epidemics & Pandemics

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2020 coronavirus pandemic, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Private Amidah

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)

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Epidemics & Pandemics, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., coronavirus, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus

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)

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

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Epidemics & Pandemics

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom

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)

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Michael Rothbaum and New England Jewish Labor Committee

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Epidemics & Pandemics

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coronavirus, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, workers' rights

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)

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Epidemics & Pandemics

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Epidemic, English vernacular prayer, Pandemic, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Needing Vocalization

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

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Weekday siddurim

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Nusaḥ Sefaradi, traditional egalitarian, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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)

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Epidemics & Pandemics

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תחינות tkhines, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Epidemic, Yiddish vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E.

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

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20th century C.E., ascent, 57th century A.M., midbar quest, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, shimon ben azzai

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

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20th century C.E., פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, 58th century A.M.

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

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פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, 58th century A.M., 20th century C.E., זמירות zemirot

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 (transcription) and Moshe Teitelbaum

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Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Homes & Community Centers, Epidemics & Pandemics

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prophylactic, קמעות ḳame'ot, 56th century A.M., Epidemic, apotropaic prayers of protection, קמעות qame'ot (amulets), in the merit of Amtalai bat Karnavu, 19th century C.E.

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

די שטערן־שטרײפיקע פאָן | The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key (1812), Yiddish translation by Berl Lapin (1950)

Contributor(s):

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

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Flag Day (June 14), United States of America

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Patriotic hymns, flags banners and escutcheons, vexillology, War of 1812, Battle of Baltimore, national anthems

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 (transcription), Chana Deutsch (Magyar translation), Harry Friedenwald (English translation), Isaac Abraham Eüchel (Hebrew translation) and Markus Herz

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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professional intention, prayers of health care workers, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, the Enlightenment

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

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55th century A.M., שכינה Shekhinah, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., בקשות Baqashot

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

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בקשות Baqashot, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M.

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

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פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., אודה לאל Odeh la-El

“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)

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Megillot, Purim Sheni Readings

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54th century A.M., Egyptian Jewry, Ottoman Egypt, Fustat, 28 Adar, the KA, 16th century C.E.

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 (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo

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Midrash Aggadah, Purim, Purim Readings

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parabiblical aggadah, prophetic dreams, dreams, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., dragons

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

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ספר יצירה Sefer Yetsirah, כל ברואי kol beruei, acrostic, בקשות Baqashot, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature

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)

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Seder l'Pesaḥ

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Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, Cairo Geniza, reconstructed text

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

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Parashat Vayiqra, Yeshayah (Isaiah)

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

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

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Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), Parashat Tsav

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

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