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2026 🡄 (Previous year) :: 📅 2025 📅 Resources published in 2026 Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? An anonymous piyyuṭ, inserted into Nishmat Kol Ḥai, which, in the old Worms rite (as well as, according to some commentators, the Mainz rite), was recited on Shabbat Bereshit and day 1 of Shavuot. It describes God being clad in the ten midrashic divine garments at creation, the giving of the Torah, and the defeat of enemies. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): An anonymous piyyuṭ, inserted into Nishmat Kol Ḥai, which, in the old Worms rite (as well as, according to some commentators, the Mainz rite), was recited on Shabbat Bereshit and day 1 of Shavuot. It describes God being clad in the ten midrashic divine garments at creation, the giving of the Torah, and the defeat of enemies. “A Prayer for October 7, Three Years Later” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was shared by the author through the Open Siddur Project Discussion Group on Facebook, 7 October 2026. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Most communities these days with the practice of reading Torah on Simḥat Torah night read either the first three or the first five ‘aliyot from V-Zot haBerakha, the morning Torah reading from Deuteronomy. However this was not always the case. In many communities throughout eastern Europe, Simḥat Torah night was a time to auction off and read verses of blessing from throughout the entire Torah — called “nedarim” or “vows” in honor of the fact people would pledge money to read them as an aliyah. Many different lists of these verses have come down to us over the years, from as few as three to as many as twenty different readings. Here’s a compilation of ten different lists of “vows,” nine of which were sourced from R. Avraham Yaari’s renowned work “Toldot Ḥag Simḥat Torah” and the tenth of which was submitted by Michael Y. Kopinsky to the “Life in the Fast Lein” Facebook group. Also included are images of the original sources for the ten lists, as well as an original translation of R. Yaari’s passage explaining the custom of the “vows.” Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): מגלת המתיקות Megillat HaMetiḳut (Scroll of the Sweetness), written and sealed by the hand of Noraa Neither Kaplan, upon the deliverance of the Jews from confectionary catastrophe on the 17th of Tishrei, 5787 (the 28th of September, 2026). Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is an early wizard battle tale found in RSL Ms. Guenzburg 82, fol. 78b-79a, first transcribed by Joseph Dan in his article סיפורים דימונולוגיים מכתבי יהודה החסיד (“Demonological stories from the writings of Yehudah he-Ḥasid”) and published in Tarbits (vol. 30, 1961), as story #29 on pp. 288-289. The English translation by Dan, was re-printed in chapter 15 of Jewish Mysticism vol. 2: The Middle Ages, pp. 359-360, and first published in “An Early Source of the Yiddish Akdamot Story,” in Hebrew University Studies in Literature, vol. 1 (1993), pp. 39-46. Categories: Tags: 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., בהמות behemot, captive animals, captives, entering magical territory, Jewish women, קפיצת הדרך ḳfitsat haderekh, shapeshifting Contributor(s): An original Aramaic-language seder ushpizata, as a parallel to the patriarchal ushpizin, to invite matriarchal figures from history. While other “ushpizot” or “ushpizata” texts have been written before, most of them are not in Aramaic, and I think that is a shame. So this one is. Also included is a poster I designed last year, to be hung up in a sukkah alongside the more traditional ushpizin poster. Categories: Tags: Biblical Women, Divine Presence, אמהות Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, North America, שכינה Shekhinah, תשרי זמן Tishrei Zman, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, אושפיזין ushpizin Contributor(s): This is a prayer for Yom Kippur. It started out as a meditation on Yizkor, hence the אל מלא רחמים form at the beginning. It quickly changed to a prayer for insight and change and the possiblity of tshuvah in this moment. An original Aramaic-language “meturgeman piyyut” for Simḥat Torah. I’m working on creating a seder meturgeman liturgy, akin to those for day 7 of Pesaḥ and for Shavuot, to be recited on Simḥat Torah. Mostly incorporating older Aramaic poems, I’ve also decided to write some originals myself. This piyyut, written in the structure of the famous Aqdamut Milin reshut still recited on Shavuot, is meant to be inserted before the translation of the first verse of the first aliyah on Simḥat Torah. It discusses the halakhic status and history of Shmini Atzeret, as well as the final blessing and death of Moses. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, Mosheh Rabbenu, פיוטים piyyuṭim, תרגום targum Contributor(s): A prayer is for all members of עם ישראל who are in dangerous or oppressive conditions: Israeli soldiers including those who are in combat at this moment, captives and wounded soldiers and civilians alike, “all those threatened by malice in our land and in exile,” and “all those in need of Your comfort” — especially the families of dead or wounded soldiers and civilians in Israel and in exile. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A Wordpress plugin that renders the Unicode character “Vulcan Salute” (U+1F596) together with its mirror image as inline, bidi-safe markup — in order to display, via shortcode, the traditional nesíăt kapayim (“lifting of the hands”) gesture used by Kohanim during the Birkat Kohanim (a/k/a dukhenen) service. The display defaults to showing both hands side by side (right hand before left hand, thumbs facing inward), however, either hand alone is also selectable. Supports full-color emoji vs. line-art (“vs15”) rendering, and fluid display sizing via CSS clamp(), if desired. Skin tone is available from light to medium to dark with ‘medium-light’ and ‘medium-dark’ also available. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): An ofan for Tu b’Av, the second part of an intended cycle of yotsrot. Structured around Hosea 11:1 and Ezekiel 3:12, and focusing on the bridal love between Israel and God as well as the corresponding of Israel’s and angelic hymning. Written in honor of my friend Eliran’s anniversary. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יוצרות yotsrot Contributor(s): Romani Siddur Leţedacah (2026) by Alex Carstea is a complete siddur for weekdays, shabbat, and festivals in Romanian translation (without Hebrew text). Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): In the era of the Sanhedrin, every fast day would have a Ne’ilah service between Minḥah and the conclusion of the fast. While these are no longer in practice for any days other than Yom Kippur, the editor personally feels like it could be worth bringing them back. The following is a fourth blessing for the Amidah intended to serve as the center of a Tishah b’Av Ne’ilah service, incorporating passages from other Tishah b’Av and Yom Kippur liturgies as well as some original passages. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is a prayer of lament and warning for the sake of the lives of all the peoples of the land, and for the sake of the heart of the Jewish and Israeli people, to help us all resist the cruelty that beckons. Dedicated to Awdah al-Hathaleen, whose spirit and kindness and courage remain with us. A ritual and liturgy for Jews who have felt compelled to withdraw from friendships, organisations, or social and religious environments in which antisemitism, hostility towards Israel, or the dismissal of Jewish grief had become tolerated or normalised. It is intended particularly for those who have already established a practical boundary—by leaving, blocking, unfollowing, or ending a relationship—and who need a Jewish ritual through which to acknowledge the resulting grief and affirm their dignity, solidarity, and continued connection to the Jewish people. In the style of the full Eliyahu haNavi piyyuṭ recited by some communities every Havdalah, a piyyuṭ in honor of Seraḥ bat Asher, retelling the events of her life according to the midrashim. This is not the first time I’ve written a Havdalah piece on Seraḥ, the distaff counterpart to Elijah in the midrash. She also inspired this shorter song. Like the full Eliyahu haNavi piyyuṭ, this is in three-line rhyming stanzas with a repeated refrain. Unlike it, it is in a tashraq reverse alphabetical acrostic, followed by an authorial tag — this time using a matronymic. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Acrostic signature, הבדלות havdalot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Psychopomp, reverse acrostic, Seraḥ bat Asher, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Our Country During a Time of Division – 5786” was offered by David Abernethy on 1 March 2026. An original Aramaic-language “meturgeman piyyut” for Simḥat Torah and the reading of v-Zot haBerakha. I’m working on creating a seder meturgeman liturgy, akin to those for day 7 of Pesaḥ and for Shavuot, to be recited on Simḥat Torah. Mostly incorporating older Aramaic poems, I’ve also decided to write some originals myself. This is one of them, in praise of Moshe, to be recited after Deut. 34:11. In an atbash structure, it celebrates the great actions that Moshe did in the senses of Israel, using the ten names of Moshe listed in Vayikra Rabba 1:3:3. Categories: Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, אתבש atbash, Mosheh Rabbenu, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Simḥat Torah, תרגום targum Contributor(s): A friend of mine moving into a new apartment complained that his washing machine was infested by demons. So I made this amulet in the style of the Babylonian magic bowl corpus (specifically, mostly based on the form of JBA 26 (MS 1928/43)) to help him. Then I was asked to upload my amulet text here so I generalized it a bit, vocalized it, and added gender instructions. For maximum efficacy, the text should be written in a spiral pattern in the concave side of an unglazed ceramic bowl and buried face-down at the threshold of your apartment. That being said, my friend just printed the included image out, and the technician managed to find the problem pretty quickly. Categories: Tags: amulet bowls, apotropaic prayers of protection, entering magical territory, קמעות ḳame'ot, prophylactic, ritual power Contributor(s): | ||
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