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September 2021 Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 10 September 2021The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 September 2021. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 September 11th Day of Service & Remembrance, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies הושע־נא לימי הקרונה | Hosha-na in the days of Corona for Sukkot 5782, by Rabbi Gustavo Surazski (2021)A hoshana prayer in the times of the COVID pandemic. . . . Categories: Hoshana Rabba 📖 זמירות המזרח: מחזור ליום כפור (מנהג הספרדים) | Zemirot haMizraḥ: Maḥzor for Yom Kippur, by Daniel Cayre (Kanisse 2021)A bilingual Hebrew-English Sepharadi Jewish prayerbook (maḥzor) for Yom Kippur, with gender inclusive language, compiled and translated by Daniel Cayre for Kanisse: a Modern Sephardic + Mizrahi Community. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim כַּפָּרוֹת | Kaparōt (using money dedicated for charity), the ritual for the expiation of offenses before Yom KippurThe ritual of kaparot using a bundle of money dedicated for tsedaqah. . . . If you are doing a Rosh Hashanah seder of simanim (signs, augurs, portents) using food puns, here are some topical additions including for beginning the Shmitah year. . . . This mi sheberakh for the ill, and the two additional prayers, all appear on page 15-16 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. . . . Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics תְּפִלָה לְאִשָׁה לְאָמְרָהּ לִפְנֵי שֶׁמְגַלַּחַת אֶת שַׁעֲרוֹת רֹאשָׁהּ | Prayer for a woman to say before her hair is shornA supplication of a woman cutting her hair as an act of tsanua, per a contemporary custom in many Ḥaredi communities. . . . Categories: Engagements & Weddings Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., hair, hair-cutting, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing citation references, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Yahnatan Lasko (translation), Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Life Is What We Make It, a prayer-poem based on the writings of Rabbi Leo Baeck by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1945)A prayer-poem by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan based on the writings of Rabbi Leo Baeck, as published in the Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1945), p.426-7. . . . Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért | Thanksgiving for deliverance from trouble, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)This prayer of thanksgiving by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for deliverance from danger, “Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.286-288. . . . Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for when one is confronted by grave difficulties, “Bajban,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.285-286 . . . Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for the kingdom of Hungary in a time of national crisis, “Országos bánat, közös baj idején,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.289-291. . . . On Composing Prayers Outside of the Prayerbook, an introduction by Isaac Leeser to “Two Short Prayers” (1851)Thoughts on petitionary prayer literature (teḥinot) and Jewish women’s prayer literature in the mid-19th century United States of America. . . . Categories: Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ | Yedid Nefesh, a piyyut transmitted by Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (ca. 16th c.) translation by Nina Salaman (1897)The piyyut, Yedid Nefesh, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, בקשות Baqashot, Divine name acrostic, Openers, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh Contributor(s): Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Elazar ben Moshe Azikri and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) יוֹם זֶה לְיִשְׁרַאֵל | Yom Zeh l’Yisrael, a piyyut by Rabbi Yitsḥaq Luria (translation by Nina Salaman, 1914)A translation of the piyyut Yom Zeh l’Yisrael. . . . Categories: Se'udat Yom Shabbat Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יום זה לישראל Yom Zeh l'Yisrael, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Yitsḥak Luria and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyut by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) rhyming translation by Israel Abrahams (1914)The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with a rhyming English translation. . . . אוֹדֶה לָאֵל | Odeh la-El Levav Ḥoqer B’ran Yaḥad Kokhvei Boqer, a morning piyyut by Rabbi Shamayah Ḳosson (ca. 16th c.)“Odeh La-Él” sings to the waking soul, calling on it to return to the service of the Divine. . . . Categories: Morning Baqashot צוּר מִשֶּׁלּוֹ אָכַֽלְנוּ | Tsur Mishelo Akhalnu, a paraliturgical Birkat haMazon (translation by Nina Salaman 1914)The paralitugical Birkat haMazon Tsur Mishelo, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . Categories: Blessings After Eating Tags: Acrostic signature, paraliturgical birkat hamazon, פיוטים piyyuṭim, צור משלו Tsur Mishelo, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) כִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה שַׁבָּת | Ki Eshmera Shabbat, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (rhyming translation by Israel Abrahams, 1914)The piyyut and popular shabbat table song, Ki Eshmera Shabbat, in Hebrew with a rhyming translation. . . . Categories: Se'udat Yom Shabbat Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., כי אשמרה שבת Ki Eshmerah Shabbat, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Israel Abrahams (translation), Avraham ibn Ezra and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן | Eit Shaarei Ratson, a piyyut by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel ibn Abbas (ca. 12th c.)This is the piyyut, עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן (Eit Shaarei Ratson) by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel ibn Abbas (12th century Aleppo, Syria (born in Fez, Morocco)). The English translation presented here is by Rabbi Stephen Belsky. . . . Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit) אֲֽדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כׇל־תַּאֲוָתִי | Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati, a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi (early 12th c.) rhyming translation by Alice Lucas (1894)A rhyming English translation of the piyyut Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati. . . . Contributor(s): Alice Lucas (translation), Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) שַׁחַר אֲבַקֶּשְׁךָ | Shaḥar Avaqeshkha (At dawn I seek you), a reshut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.) translated by Nina Salaman (1901)The reshut for praying at dawn, in Hebrew with English translation. . . . Categories: Morning Baqashot Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Dawn, Needing Source Images, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשות reshut, rhyming translation, שחר אבקשך Shaḥar Avaqeshkha Contributor(s): Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Shlomo ibn Gabirol and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) This prayer appears on page 11-12 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variant of the prayer, “Eloheinu Shebashamayim,” a supplication read in the sephardic tradition during seliḥot. This version contains twenty-five lines as found in Sefer Selihot haShalem, Hazon Ovadia, p.48-51/. Other variations have fifty or more lines. . . . Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation This prayer appears on page 13-16 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variation of the piyyut Tayanu v’Tayatru albeit with a different opening line. . . . Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation יְדִידִי שִׂים סְבָרָא | Yedidi Sim Severa, performed in honor of the Ḥatan Bereshit before the reading of Bereshit Bara (the first aliya)This song is performed in honor of the Ḥatan Bereshit – the person who reads the first aliya of the torah, which begins Bereshit Bara. These words – Bereshit Bara – are repeated throughout the poem. The poem is similar in structure and meter to Kelil Yofi, which is performed in honor of the Hatan Torah, the person who reads the last aliya of the Torah, which begins Vaya’al Moshe. . . . Tags: Nusaḥ haKaraim 💬 הַפְטָרָה לְחַג הַפַּאי | Haftarah for the Festival of π (I Kings 7:23-26 and 8:54-66), the twenty-second day of the seventh month (which falls on Shemini Atseret)Shmini Atseret is a strange festival. In some ways part of Sukkot, in some ways its own thing, it occupies an equivocal place in the yearly cycle. But one thing that is completely true: Shmini Atseret is on Pi Day. Well, Pi Approximation Day — the twenty-second day of the seventh month. Inspired by my friend and math enthusiast Aryeh Baruch (may he have a long life), I’ve compiled this altered form of the haftarah for Shmini Atseret in the diaspora, including the description of King Solomon’s “molten sea,” as well as an Aramaic “reshut” poem with a numeral acrostic of the first few digits of pi. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Aramaic, Aramaic translation, circle drawing, Mathematics, 3.14159..., π day, רשות reshut Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | ||
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