O Day of God, an English translation of Leopold Stein’s paraliturgical Kol Nidrei “O Tag des Herrn!” by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1904)

“O Tag des Herrn!” is a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein. Here it is translated from German to English by the Unitarian minister Frederick Lucian Hosmer on behalf of the Reform rabbi Isaac S. Moses. Hosmer’s translation appears in Hymns and Anthems for Jewish Worship (ed. Isaac S. Moses, 1904), hymn №107 pp. 69-71.

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Translation, German vernacular prayer, hymns, O Tag des Herrn, paraliturgical kol nidrei

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Frederick Lucian Hosmer, Leopold Stein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

O Tag des Herrn! (O Day of YHVH), a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein (1840)

“O Tag des Herrn!” is a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein. All the translations I’ve found from the 19th or early 20th century were produced for use in choirs and try to emulate the rhymed structure in the Stein’s German. So here is a straight translation I’ve made of the stanzas that avoids that pretense. –Aharon Varady

Categories:

Yom Kippur

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, O Tag des Herrn, paraliturgical kol nidrei

Contributor(s):

Leopold Stein and Aharon N. Varady (translation)