תְּפִלָּה לִמְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל | Prayer for the State of Israel [after the October 7th massacre], by Rabbi Moshe Smolkin (2023)

This prayer for the State of Israel was written by Rabbi Moshe Smolkin in the days after the October 7 massacre.

Categories:

🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

Tags:

2023-2025 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

Contributor(s):

Moshe Smolkin

מִי כָמֹֽכָה לְשַׁבָּת שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה | Mi Khamokhah l’Shabbat shel Ḥanukkah — a Mi Khamokha piyyuṭ for the Shabbat of Ḥanukkah by Israel Najara

This is a Mi Khamokha piyyut by Yisrael Najara for Shabbat Ḥanukkah retelling Megilat Antiokhos in a lengthy fourfold acrostic with each stanza ending in בוֹ.

Categories:

Ḥanukkah

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Megillat Antiokhus, מי כמוך Mi Khamokha, פיוטים piyyuṭim

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Yisrael Najara