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7th Day of Pesaḥ

This is an archive of prayers and other works relevant to the 7th and final day of Passover (extended to two days outside of Erets Yisrael). The day commemorates the miraculous passage of the newly liberated Israelites through the Sea of Reeds, and the destruction of the Pharaonic army pursuing them.

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📜 שירת הים | Shirat haYam :: the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1-19)

According to Rabbinic tradition, the 21st of Nissan is the day in the Jewish calendar on which Pharaoh’s army was drowned in the Sea of Reeds, and the redeemed children of Yisrael sang the Song of the Sea, the (Shirat Hayam, Exodus 15:1-19). The song, as included in the the morning prayers, comprises one of the most ancient text in Jewish liturgy. The 21st of Nissan corresponds to the 7th day of Passover, and the recitation of the Shirat HaYam is part of the daily Torah Reading. Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery shares a performance of a melody he learned for the Shirat Hayam from צוף דבש Tzuf Devash, a Moroccan synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. If there is something about this tune that strikes one as particularly celebratory, it might be because the relationship between G!d and the Jewish people is traditionally described as a marriage consummated with the Covenant at Mt. Sinai. The passage of Bnei Yisrael through the Sea of Reeds towards Mt. Sinai thus begins a bridal march commencing in the theophany at Mt. Sinai, 42 days later. . . .

Tags: אז ישיר Az Yashir, conflicting messages, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, safe passage, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, symplegades, Yom Vayosha

Contributor(s): the Masoretic Text and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אָמַר אוֹיֵב | Amar Oyev (The Enemy Said) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ

This piyyut, Amar Oyev (The Enemy Said), the sixth in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited as an introduction to the targum of Exodus 15, verse 9. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

מַן־כְּוָתָךְ | Man K’vatakh (Who is Like You) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ

This piyyut, Man K’vatakh (Who is Like You), the seventh in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited as an introduction to the Targum of the verse that includes “Mi Khamokha.” The English translation preserves the Hebrew acrostic of the Aramaic. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

תָּנוּן שְׁבָחֵיהּ | Tanun Shvaḥeih (Tell the Praise) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ

This piyyut, Tanun Shvaḥeih (Tell the Praise), the eighth in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited as an introduction to the Targum of Exodus 15:18, the famous verse “Adonai yimlokh l-‘olam va-‘ed.” The English translation preserves the Hebrew acrostic of the Aramaic. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

אִילּוּ פּוּמֵּי נִימֵי | Ilu Pume Nima (If Our Mouths Were Thread) — an introductory a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ by Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans (ca. 11th c.)

This piyyut, Ilu Pume Nima (If Our Mouths Were Thread), the first in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the first verse of the first aliyah, as an introduction or ‘reshut’ to the seder meturgeman as a whole. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אֲבוּנָן דְּבִשְׁמַיָּא וּבָרְיַן | Abunan D’biShmaya (Our Parent in Heaven) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ by Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans (ca. 11th c.)

This piyyut, Abunan D’biShmaya (Our Parent in Heaven), the second in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the fifth verse of the first aliyah (or second verse of the second aliyah on Shabbat). . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אֱלָהָא עָלַם | Elaha Alam (Ageless God) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ by Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans (ca. 11th c.)

This piyyut, Elaha Alam (Ageless God), the fourth in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the first verse of the Song of the Sea proper as an introduction to the targum of the text. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אֱלָהָא תַּקִּיפָא רַבָּא וְגִבָּרָא | Elaha Taqifa (Mighty God) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ by Yequtiel ben Yosef

This piyyut, Elaha Taqifa (Mighty God), the third in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the concluding verse of the second aliyah (third on Shabbat). The translation preserves the alphabetical acrostic, as well as the authorial tag — Jequtiel son of Joseph. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Yequtiel ben Yosef and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אִזֵל מֹשֶׁה | Izel Mosheh (Arise, Moses) — a piyyut for the Seder Meturgeman of the 7th Day of Pesaḥ

This piyyut, Izel Moshe (Arise, Moses), the fifth in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the second verse of the song proper, as an elaboration on God’s strength. The English translation preserves the Hebrew acrostic of the original. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

The twelve hued rainbow above the Sea of Reeds during the miracle of its division into twelve channels of liberation

A medieval manuscript illustration of the aggadah that the Yam Suf was split in 12 discrete channels, one for each tribe, as reflected above by a 12-color rainbow . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Shirat ha-Yam, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., אז ישיר Az Yashir, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, safe passage, פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, שבת שירה shabbat shirah, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, the Rainbow

Contributor(s): Moshe ben Maimon and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

שיר חדש אשיר | Shir Ḥadash Ashir (“Song Anew”) — a traditional piyyuṭ before the Song of the Sea

This piyyuṭ, bearing the acrostic signature “Samuel,” is traditionally recited in the communities of Babylonia and India as a petiḥa, or opening poem, before the Song of the Sea. It is also sung on Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath where we read the Song of the Sea in public. This translation is an attempt to preserve the original meaning as well as the rhyme scheme and poetic form. . . .

Categories: Parashat b'Shalaḥ, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: Acrostic signature, אז ישיר Az Yashir, פיוטים piyyutim, פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, שבת שירה shabbat shirah, שירת הים Shirat haYam, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim

Contributor(s): Shmuel haPaytan and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

תחנה אמהות | Prayer for Yizkor, from the Tkhine of the Matriarchs by Seril Rappaport (ca. 18th century)

“Tkhine of the Matriarchs for Yizkor on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Yamim Tovim” by Rebbetsin Seril Rappaport is a faithful transcription of her tkhine included in “תחנה אמהות מן ראש חודש אלול” (Tkhine of the Matriarchs for the New Moon of Elul) published in Vilna, 1874, as re-published in The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni. . . .

Categories: Shavuot, Mourning, Yom Kippur, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah), 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Paraliturgical yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s): Seril Rappaport and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Andachtsübung über das Verhältniß der Kinder zu ihren Eltern | Devotional exercise on the relationship of children to their parents, a teḥinah for those with living parents during the Yizkor service by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Andachtsübung über das Verhältniß der Kinder zu ihren Eltern,” a paraliturigcal Yizkor prayer for those with living parents, was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №74 on pp. 110-112. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №75 on pp. 134-136. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №78 on pp. 139-141. . . .

Categories: Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah), 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, Paraliturgical yizkor, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s): Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

God of the Earth, the Air, the Sea – a hymn for Pesaḥ by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“God of the earth, the air, the sea,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Passover (Pasach)” as Hymn 68 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 71-72. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABABCC rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s): Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Glory to God! Whose Outstretched Hand – a hymn for Pesaḥ by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“Glory to God! whose outstretched hand,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Passover (Pasach)” as Hymn 69 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 72-73. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., AABBCC rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s): Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Last Days of Passover, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Last Days of Passover” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), pp. 21-22. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Anglo Jewry, English Translation, paraliturgical az yashir, teḥinot in English, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s): Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Prayer] for the Last Days of Passover, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer for a woman celebrating the final days of Passover yontef. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s): Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Whoa, Mary, don’t you weep no more! (Hebrew adaptation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer)

The African-American Christian spiritual adapted for a Pesaḥ song in Hebrew and English. . . .

Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ, Nirtsah

Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., hymns, spirituals, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

A Passover Prayer [for Jews in the United States], by Rabbi Norman Salit (ca. 1920s)

“A Passover Prayer” was written by Rabbi Norman Salit and published in Rabbi Jacob Bosniak’s לקוטי תפלות Liḳutei Tefilot: Pulpit and Public Prayers (1927), pp. 46-47. . . .

Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Americanism, bigotry, liberty

Contributor(s): Norman Salit and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שיר של מרים הנביאה | The Song of Miriam, a petiḥah by Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn (1981)

“The Song of Miriam” by Rabbi Ruth Sohn was first published as “I Shall Sing to the Lord a New Song,” in Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim, Reconstructionist Prayerbook, 1989, 1995 Second Edition. Reconstructionist Press, pp. 768-769. (This poem was also published in several haggadot and other books and set to music by several composers in the U.S. and Israel.) Rabbi Sohn wrote the poem in 1981 as a rabbinical student after immersing herself in the Torah verses and the traditional midrashim about Miriam, and after writing a longer modern midrash about Miriam. Part of this modern midrash was published as “Journeys,” in All the Women Followed Her, ed. Rebecca Schwartz (Rikudei Miriam Press, 2001). . . .

Categories: Parashat b'Shalaḥ, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., אז ישיר Az Yashir, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, Miriam, Opening Prayers, Openers, Prayers as poems, תפילות קודם התפילה Prayers before Praying, Prayers for Praying

Contributor(s): Ruth H. Sohn

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .

Categories: Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Erev Pesaḥ, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., candle lighting, English poetry, English vernacular prayer, entering, fire, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, Light, potential, Prayers as poems, welcoming

Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester

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