Die Festgebräuche sind vollbracht — a German adaptation of Ḥasal Siddur Pesaḥ by Isaac Offenbach (1838)

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

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German vernacular prayer, פיוטים piyyuṭim, salvation, זמירות zemirot

A German chorale adaptation of “Haṣal Siddur Pesaḥ” from the Seder liturgy, written and composed by Isaac Offenbach in 1838. I’ve also included an original singable English translation. The sheet music can be found here.

Source (German)	Translation (English)	Rhyming Translation (English)
Die Festgebräuche sind vollbracht. Laß Himmel nun in dieser Nacht Den Wunsch bis zu Dir dringen: Beglück’ des frommen Jakobs Stamm! Laß ihn das Pesach Opferlamm In Zion bald Dir bringen.	The festival rituals are complete. Let heaven now in this night let this wish press unto You: Delight pious Jacob’s tribe! Let him bring the Pesach offering-lamb In Zion, soon, to You.	Completed is the seder rite. May heaven carry, on this night, To You, our ardent yearning. Bless us, the tribe of Abraham! And may we bring the paschal lamb To Zion, soon returning.
Du Reiner in des Himmelshöh’n! Nicht länger laß erniedrigt seh’n Das Volk, das Du erkoren. Du hast den Stamm für Dich geweiht, O! öffne nun zu Sang und Freud’ Den Sprossen Zions Toren.	You Pure One in the heaven’s heights! No longer let them be humiliated, the people that You chose. You consecrated this tribe for Yourself. Oh! now open to song and joy The gates of the sprout of Zion.	O Pure One in the utmost skies! No longer should we be despised, the people You appointed. You hallowed us to be Your own. Oh! bring the sprouts to Zion’s throne, The place that You anointed.

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Hagadah, oder Erzählung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten (Isaac Offenbach 1838), p. 82

Hagadah, oder Erzählung von Israels Auszug aus Egypten (Isaac Offenbach 1838), p. 83

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. (He also translates and authors his own original works.) Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. (He also authors his own original works and transcribes Hebrew and Aramaic text, adding niqqud and t'amim as needed.) Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.

Isaac Offenbach

Isaac Offenbach (also, Isaak Juda Eberst, Eberscht or Eberstadt; ca. 1779/1781-1850), born in Offenbach am Main, Germany, was ḥazzan of the Jewish community in Cologne, a poet, composer and father of ten children, including Jacques Offenbach.

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Die Festgebräuche sind vollbracht — a German adaptation of Ḥasal Siddur Pesaḥ by Isaac Offenbach (1838)

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