the Open Siddur Project ✍︎ פְּרוֹיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
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for those crafting their own prayerbooks and sharing the content of their practice
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 Contributor(s):A civic prayer for the International Day of Democracy, a civic day observed internationally on September 15th. . . . Contributor(s):A civic prayer for the United States of America in anticipation of Election Day 2024. . . . תודה | Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Safe Return of Sir Moses Montefiore from Romania (Ḳ.Ḳ. Shaar haShamayim, 1867) Contributor(s):This thanksgiving prayer was offered by ḲḲ Shaar haShamayim (a/k/a Bevis Marks, the S&P Synagogue in London) upon the safe return of Sir Moses Montefiore from a trip to Romania on behalf of Romanian Jewry in 1867. The prayer was likely written by Rabbi Dr. Moses Gaster who served as rabbi for Bevis Marks during this period and who had emigrated from Romania. . . . 🆕 💬 Preamble to the United States Constitution (1787) with translations in Hebrew and Yiddish by Judah David Eisenstein (1891) Contributor(s):The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, in English with Hebrew and Yiddish translations. . . . 🆕 וִדּוּי בַּיָּמִים מֵחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וְאֵלֶךְ | Vidui for those fifty years old and over, by Rabbi Mosheh Halperin (1611) Contributor(s):This vidui prayer for those privileged to live past the age of 50 is found in Rabbi Mosheh ben Zevulun Eliezer Halperin’s Zikhron Mosheh (Lublin: 1611), siman 13. . . . 💬 מְגִלַּת סֶבַּאצְטִיָין | Megillat Sebastiano — a Purim Sheni scroll for the first of Elul commemorating the deliverance of Maghrebi Jewry from King Sebastian of Portugal in 1578 Contributor(s):Presenting the full, somewhat short text of the Megillah of Sebastiano, telling the story of a great miracle that occurred to the Jewish community of Morocco on 1 Elul 5338, or August 4 1578 CE. On that day, King Sebastian of Portugal attempted to conquer Alcácer Quibir in North Africa — and inevitably to force the inquisition on the Jews of Morocco. But he was turned back at the last moment, protecting Moroccan independence for several more centuries. This scroll is traditionally recited in Jewish communities in the Maghreb to celebrate the repulsion of the Portuguese. . . . Contributor(s):A quadrilingual text of U-N’taneh Tokef — Yiddish, Ladino, English, and Hebrew. . . . |
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