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2020 📅 Resources published in 2020 Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The following is the Midrash l’Ḥanukkah, one of a collection of three midrashim and two megillot containing the details of the story of Ḥanukkah in the Jewish rabbinic tradition. Those already familiar with these other works will quickly recognize portions or summaries of them here albeit with precious additional information added not found anywhere else. Categories: Tags: Angels, colonization, cosmological, Droit du seigneur, Early Middle Ages, חג הבנות Ḥag HaBanot, Needing Vocalization, Seleucid Greek Occupation, sexual predation, sexual violence Contributor(s): A short discourse on the necessity for prayer by the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The book of Barukh (also, Baruch and Barouch) in its reconstructed Hebrew vorlage from verse 1:1 till 3:8. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Selections from 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and Pesiqta Rabbati which inform the story of Ḥanukkah: the desecration and re-dedication of the Temple (especially as it relates to Sukkot and the Brumalia), divine intervention in the Maccabean battles, and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire. Categories: Tags: 2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M., Angels, Classical Antiquity, combating anti-Jewish oppression, dedications and consecrations, kindling, Maccabean Revolt, המקבים Maccabees, military, נר תמיד ner tamid, המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ Contributor(s): The popular piyyut for welcoming the Shabbat, in Hebrew with translations in Assyrian-Aramaic and English. The Apostrophe to Zion is an alphabetical acrostic poem, directed at Zion in the second person. It has been found in multiple locations in Qumran, including the Great Psalms Scroll 11QPsa as well as another fragmentary scroll in 4Q88. It was considered a regular part of their psalmodic canon. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The story of Bel and the Dragon according to the text of Theodotion, translated into biblical Hebrew. Categories: Tags: anti-predatory, Antiquity, captive animals, captives, deuterocanonical works, dragons, חבקוק Ḥabaquq, iconoclastic, Jewish Antiquities, קפיצת הדרך ḳfitsat haderekh, the Pit Contributor(s): The story of Shoshanah & the Elders, according to the text of Theodotion translated into Biblical Hebrew. The prayer El Malé Raḥamim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The text of the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai in Hebrew with English translation. 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. Categories: Tags: Amoraic prayers, Crowning, drought conditions, interpretive translation, Late Antiquity, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, rainfall, thanksgiving Contributor(s): The text of the Sheva Brakhot from the birkon of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Barkhu, the call to prayer, in Hebrew and English. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The second evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The first evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Hashkivenu prayer of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. 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. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The first of two blessings following the shema in the evening, rendered by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in his English “praying translation.” 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. Categories: Tags: 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., anti-predatory, deuterocanonical works, early Judaism, חנוך Ḥanokh (Enoch), mytho-historical chronicles, pre-rabbinic judaism Contributor(s): The end of the scroll of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) reconstructed from Cairo Geniza fragments not contained within the Septuagint. Categories: Tags: 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Cairo Geniza, Classical Antiquity, Dead Sea Scrolls, deuterocanonical works, Ecclesiasticus, Jews of Alexandria, reconstructed text Contributor(s): | ||
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