November 2020 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Veterans Day Prayer at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, Chaplain, USN (Retired)

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Arnold E. Resnicoff

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United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

This Veterans Day Prayer was first published by Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, Chaplain, USN (Retired), on his twitter page. He writes, “Because of COVID this is the first Veterans Day in a long time I am not part of a ceremony — and I know that’s the situation for many fellow vets. So I wrote it yesterday to share today as a virtual prayer for Veterans Day 2020.” On 11 November 2022, Rabbi Resnicoff offered the expanded revision of this prayer as offered above at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. . . .

Soliloquy of Yehudis, by Moreh Yehudis Fishman

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Yehudis Fishman

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Ḥanukkah Readings, Ḥag haBanot (Eid el Benat)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Judith

A soliloquy in the voice of Judith. . . .

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (שְׁלָמָא אֵילוֹכוּן)‏ | Shalom Aleikhem (Shlama Elokhun), Aramaic translation by Yaacov Maoz

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Aharon N. Varady (translation), Yaacov Maoz and Unknown Author(s)

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Se'udat Leil Shabbat

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Angels, פיוטים piyyutim, prophylactic, apotropaic prayers of protection, Aramaic translation, שלום עליכם shalom aleikhem, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Suret)

The popular piyyut for welcoming the Shabbat, in Hebrew with translations in Assyrian-Aramaic and English. . . .

A Prayer for Today (US Election Day 2020), by Rabbi Shai Held

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Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Shai Held

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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Donald Trump, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 45th President of the United States, United States General Election 2020

A Prayer on US Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd 2020. . . .

Prayer for Every Voice to be Heard and All Votes to be Counted, by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (2020)

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Lauren Grabelle Herrmann

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Election Day, Elections & Voting

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2020, United States

A prayer for the day after the US day of elections that all votes be counted. . . .

A Scholar’s Prayer for Intellectual Honesty, adapted from a prayer quoted by Dr. Leslie Weatherhead (1951)

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Aharon Varady (translation/Hebrew), Leslie Weatherhead and Unknown Author(s)

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Learning, Study, and School, Torah Study

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers before Torah Study, authority vs. integrity

A prayer for intellectual honesty before study. . . .

Prayer for the Government of the United States of America, by Rabbi Norman Salit (1927)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Norman Salit

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Government & Country, United States of America

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Americanism, 20th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . .

Prayer for the Government of the United States of America, by Rabbi Leo Jung (1927)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Leo Jung

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Government & Country, United States of America

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57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 20th century C.E., United States

A prayer on behalf of the government of the United States of America by one of the leading architects of Modern Orthodoxy in America. . . .

מה אלו | “Who are these?” — the Origin of the Angels of Healing: Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Semanglof, as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira (ca. late first millennium)

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

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Midrash Aggadah, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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prayers for pregnant women, epical narrative as ward, historiola, Angels, geonic period, prophylactic, origin stories, קמעות ḳame'ot, Angels of Healing, infants, Angelic Protection, entering magical territory

The origin story of Lilith as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira. . . .

היסטוריולה של סממית וסידרוס | Historiola of Smamit and Sideros, a reconstruction based on Amulet 15 & Amulet Bowl 12a

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

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Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Homes & Community Centers, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Theurgy

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Late Antiquity, prayers for pregnant women, amulet bowls, prophylactic, epical narrative as ward, קמעות ḳame'ot, cold iron, infants, iron in folklore, Angelic Protection, historiola, prayers concerning children, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, entering magical territory, Angels

A very old tale told for the protection of pregnant women and their infant children as found in amulets from late Antiquity. . . .

סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ | The Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 83-90), with Aramaic Fragments and translations in Ge’ez and English

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Robert Henry Charles (translation)

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Second Temple Period, Ḥanukkah Readings

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2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., mytho-historical chronicles, early Judaism, deuterocanonical works, anti-predatory, חנוך Ḥanokh (Enoch), pre-rabbinic judaism

A mytho-historical chronicle of the story of humanity and Israel up until the Maccabean revolt depicted as a fable through a dream vision of Ḥanokh. . . .