June 2024 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

יַֽיִן טוֹב | Yayin Tov Ratov (Good Fresh Wine) — a love-song piyyut for Shavu’ot in nusaḥ Algiers

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A piyyuṭ sung by the Jews of Algiers on Shavu’ot and Simḥat Torah (and by some Moroccans for baqashot on Parashat Toldot). Yayin Tov Ratov is a love song from the perspective of God that uses a lot of language from Song of Songs. Wine and song, in this case, are both metaphors for the Torah. Of unknown origin, the acrostic spells out the name יצחק, although I can confirm that it wasn’t me who wrote it. . . .

Shiviti (scalable vector graphic) art, by Yaakov Love

Contributor(s):

Ya'akov Love

A shiviti rendered in scalable vector graphic format (SVG) with each textual source linked. . . .

כוונה לפני הדלקת נרות שבת – כוונת הלב לישימון | A Wilderness Kavvanah before lighting Shabbat candles, by Rabbi Gila Caine

Contributor(s):

Gila Caine

A kavvanah written in preparation for an online class at the Green Sabbath Project, “Follow the Goat: using the scapegoat ritual in creating new kavvanot / sacred intentions for lighting Shabbat candles.” . . .

תחינה לחזק ידינו במצוות ”כיבוד אב ואם“ ביחס לאמנו, האדמה | A prayer for strengthening our commitment to the commandment of “Honoring our Parents” in relation to Mother Earth, by Rabbi Gila Caine

Contributor(s):

Gila Caine

This teḥinah calls us to remember that we are all personally, as well as communally, responsible for our relationship with the Earth. It also calls us to action, and to recall that even small actions realigning ourselves with the work of the Earth, can be seen as a mitsvah. . . .

יש חיים | Yesh Ḥayyim (There is Life), a healing song by Baruch Jean Thaler

Contributor(s):

Baruch Jean Thaler

A prayer for healing in Hebrew with English translation by the author. . . .

Gebet für das Coming-Out (תְּפִלָּה לַיְּצִיאָה מֵהָאָרוֹן) | Prayer for Coming-Out, by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami

Contributor(s):

Lior Bar-Ami

“Gebet für das Coming-Out” was first offered by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami on 19 March 2020. . . .

Gebet für Pride (HaMaariw Arawim) | Prayer for Pride (haMaariv Aravim), by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami

Contributor(s):

Lior Bar-Ami

“Gebet für Pride (HaMaariw Arawim)” was first offered by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami on 10 April 2023. . . .