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אֵשֶׁת חַיִל | Éshet Ḥayil (Proverbs 31:10-31) For an Accomplished Woman, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive translation of Proverbs 31:10-31, popularly read before the first festive meal for shabbat on Friday night.

Categories:

Mishlei (Proverbs), Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, devotional interpretation, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil, interpretive translation, role models, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation), Unknown and the Mesorah (TaNaKh)

תהלים קכ״ו | Psalms 126 (Shir haMaalot), a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig (1921)

Psalms 126 in Masoretic Hebrew, with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Se'udat Yom Shabbat, Se'udah haShlishit

Tags:

20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ברכת המזון birkat hamazon, German Jewry, German translation, Psalms 126, שיר Shir, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Franz Rosenzweig (translation), the Mesorah (TaNaKh), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תהלים קי״ב | Psalms 112 (Ashrei Ish)

Psalms 112 in Hebrew with English translation, arranged by Aharon Varady.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

Tags:

acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil, gender expression, gender roles, men, Psalms 112, role models

Contributor(s):

the Mesorah (TaNaKh), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (שְׁלָמָא אֵילוֹכוּן)‏ | Shalom Aleikhem (Shlama Elokhun), Aramaic translation by Yaacov Maoz

The popular piyyut for welcoming the Shabbat, in Hebrew with translations in Assyrian-Aramaic and English.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

Angels, apotropaic prayers of protection, Aramaic translation, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Suret), פיוטים piyyuṭim, prophylactic, שלום עליכם shalom aleikhem

Contributor(s):

Yaacov Maoz, Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

יָצַר הָאֵל | Yatsar ha’El, a Shabbat song by Ya’aqov ha-Qara’i

A song for celebrating the Shabbat.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat, Se'udah haShlishit

Tags:

acrostic, Acrostic signature, Needing Attribution, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Ḳaraite Jews of America and Ya'aqov ha-Paitan

יוֹם שַׁבָּת קוֹדֶשׁ הוּא | Yom Shabbat Ḳodesh Hu, a table song for Shabbat (trans. Bracha Jaffe)

Based on the acrostic signature, this piyyut popularly sung at the Shabbat table, is attributed to an otherwise unknown paytan named Yehonatan.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

acrostic, Acrostic signature, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יום שבת קודש הוא Yom Shabbat Ḳodesh Hu, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Bracha Jaffe (translation) and Yehonatan haPaytan

מַה יְּדִידוּת מְנוּחָתֵךְ | Mah Yedidut M’nuḥatekh, attributed to Menaḥem ibn Saruq (ca. 10th c.)

The popular table song for Shabbat.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

10th century C.E., 48th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, feast of the righteous, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Sabbath Queen, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Honi Sanders (translation) and Menaḥem ibn Saruq

שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי | Shalom Lekh (l’Ven) Dodi, by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

A piyyut presenting a dialogue between a couple and Hashem.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, eros, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שיר נשירים shir hashirim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Honi Sanders (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

עַל אַהֲבָתְךָ אֶשְׁתֶּה גְבִיעִי | Al Ahavatekha Eshteh Gəvi’i, a piyyuṭ of Yehudah haLevi (German translation by Franz Rosenzweig 1921)

The text of Yehudah haLevi’s piyyut, “Al Ahavatekha Eshteh Gəvi’i,” with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., על אהבתך Al Ahavatekha, German Jewry, German translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim

Contributor(s):

Franz Rosenzweig (translation), Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

עַל אַהֲבָתְךָ אֶשְׁתֶּה גְבִיעִי | Al Ahavatekha Eshteh Gəvi’i, a piyyuṭ of Yehudah haLevi (partial translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman)

This is a partial English translation of Al Ahavatekha offered by rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman to accompany a video by Nigunim Ensemble presenting their musical setting of the piyyut on Youtube in 2018.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., על אהבתך Al Ahavatekha, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi

בָּרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן | Barukh El Elyon, a piyyuṭ by Barukh bar Shmuel of Mayence (ca. 12th c.)

A piyyut and table song for Shabbat from 13th century Ashkenaz.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, Needing Source Images, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Honi Sanders (translation) and Barukh ben Shmuel of Mainz

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the first se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening.

Categories:

Shabbat Readings, Seudat Leil Shabbat, the Zohar

Tags:

13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., eros

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

איל דייו דישﬞו קי בואינו אירה | El Disho Ke Bueno Era — a Ladino pizmon for Erev Shabbat (transcribed and translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer)

A Ladino pizmon recited on Shabbat evenings, “El Disho Ke Bueno Era” retells the events of the seven days of creation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

hymns of creation, Ladino vernacular prayer, פזמונים pizmonim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

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

בַּר־יוֹחַאי | Bar Yoḥai, a pizmon by Shimon ibn Lavi (ca. 16th c.)

A pizmon and table song sung on Shabbat and on Lag ba-Omer with English translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat, Se'udah haShlishit

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Needing Source Images, פזמונים pizmonim, shimon ben yoḥai, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Akiva Sanders (translation) and Shimon ibn Lavi

יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola (1857)

This translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of “Yah Ribon” by Rabbi Yisrael Najara was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857).

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David de Aaron de Sola (translation) and Yisrael Najara

יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) rhyming translation by Israel Abrahams (1914)

The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with a rhyming English translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Israel Abrahams (translation), Yisrael Najara and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translation by Sara-Kinneret Lapidot

The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with an English translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Sara Lapidot (translation) and Yisrael Najara

יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translated by Rabbi Israel Brodie (1962)

The piyyut, Yah Ribon, in Aramaic with an English translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Israel Brodie, Yisrael Najara and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

יָהּ רִבּוֹן | Yah Ribōn, a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Yisrael Najara (16th c.) translated by Paltiel Birnbaum (1949)

The piyyut, Yah Ribon, in Aramaic with an English translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Yisrael Najara and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֲזַמֵּר בִּשְׁבָחִין | Azamer biShvaḥin, a piyyuṭ for Friday evening by Rabbi Yitsḥaq Luria (translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi)

The Friday evening shabbat piyyut, Atqinu Seudata, in Aramaic set side-by-side with Reb Zalman’s paraliturgical, devotional translation.

Categories:

Seudat Leil Shabbat

Tags:

16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, Atqinu Seudata, devotional interpretation, interpretive translation, Lurianic Kabbalah, פיוטים piyyuṭim

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) and Yitsḥak Luria

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