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Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot Naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes for the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

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Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin | Prayer of an unhappy wife, a teḥinah by Max Emanuel Stern (1841)

Contributed on: 20 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Menaḥem Mendel Stern |

“Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in Die fromme Zionstochter (1841), pp. 124-127. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 127-129. . . .


Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin | Prayer of an unhappy wife, a teḥinah by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 22 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda |

“Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin” by Fanny Neuda was first published in her collection of teḥinot, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), pp. 92-93. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 118-120. . . .


Gebet einer Wittwe | Prayer of a Widow, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 23 May 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet einer Wittwe” 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 №83 on pp. 131-133. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №83 on pp. 154-157. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №86 on pp. 159-162. . . .


Gebet eines jungen Mädchens am Neujahrsfeste | Prayer of a young girl on Rosh haShanah, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 05 Jan 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Lise Tarlau |

“Gebet eines jungen Mädchens am Neujahrsfeste” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 126-128. . . .


Gebet eines Menschen der sich durch den Handel nährt | Prayer of a person who feeds themself through trade, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 07 May 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet eines Menschen der sich durch den Handel nährt” 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 №63 on pp. 90-91. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №65 on pp. 113-114. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №68 on pp. 118-119. The prayer is thematically closely related to the Birkat haMazon. . . .


Gebet eines Waisenkindes | Prayer of an Orphan, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 02 Jan 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Lise Tarlau |

“Gebet eines Waisenkindes” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), page 530. . . .


Gebet für alle Buß- und Fasttage | Prayer on Every Penitential and Fast Day, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 14 Dec 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris |

“Gebet für alle Buß- und Fasttage” was translated/adapted by Meïr haLevi Letteris and first published in Hebrew and Judeo-German in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846 Judeo-German edition), pp. 93-94. In the 1857 edition, it can be found on pp.107-108. In 1852, the prayer was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer said on every penitential and fast day” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 71-72. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the Sovereign (Kaiser Ferdinand Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Max Emanuel Stern (1841)

Contributed on: 05 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Menaḥem Mendel Stern |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in his anthology of teḥinot Die fromme Zionstochter: Andachtsbuch für Israels Frauen und Mädchen… (1841), pp. 32-35. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 34-36. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the sovereign (Emperor Franz Joseph Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Abraham Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 23 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Abraham Neuda |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” by Abraham Neuda was first published in the collection of teḥinot otherwise authored by his wife, Fanny Schmiedl Neuda, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), pp. 22-23. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 28-29. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the Sovereign (Kaiser Ferdinand Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 05 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 22-23. In the Judeo-German edition, it is found on p. 25. . . .


הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Gebet für den Regenten | Prayer for the Regent (Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ, King of Prussia), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1833)

Contributed on: 28 Jan 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet für den Regenten” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro from the traditional prayer for the sovereign (“Hanoten Teshua”) and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1833 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion on pp. 66-67. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №45 on pp. 75-76. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №47 on pp. 78-79, with the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ (1770-1840) replaced by Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅳ (1795-1861). The Hebrew liturgy from which Miro’s translation was derived was reconstructed from variations of Hanoten Teshua current in the 19th century at the time this prayer was published. . . .


Gebet für den Verstorbenen, nachdem man Ẓiduḳ hadin gesagt hat | Prayer for the deceased after saying “Tsiduq hadin,” a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 21 Oct 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet für den Verstorbenen, nachdem man Ziduk hadin gesagt hat” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №101 on pp. 199-200. . . .


Gebet für die Tage der Tempelweihe (חֲנוּכָּה) | Prayer for the Days of the Dedication of the Temple (Ḥanukkah), by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 21 Dec 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris |

This is the “Gebet für die Tage der Tempelweihe” as found in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer, an anthology of teḥinot in German by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846). There, the prayer can be found on page 130. In the 1848 Judeo-German (vaybertaytsh/mashkit) edition, the prayer can be found on page 110. . . .


Gebet für eine Person, die aus entfernten Gegenden zu den Gräbern ihrer Verwandten kommt | Prayer for a person who comes from distant places to the graves of their relatives, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 25 Sep 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet für eine Person, die aus entfernten Gegenden zu den Gräbern ihrer Verwandten kommt” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №127 on pp. 240-241. . . .


Gebet für eine schwangere Frau | Prayer for a pregnant woman, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet für eine schwangere Frau” 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 №57 on pp. 83-84. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №59 on p. 106. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №62 on pp. 111. . . .


Gebet für einen Kranken [auf den Begräbnißplatz] | Prayer [at a gravesite] for a sick person, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 21 Oct 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet für einen Kranken” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №128 on pp. 241-244. . . .


Gebet im Judentum | Prayer in Judaism, by Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (1935)

Contributed on: 24 Feb 2024 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Leo Baeck |

Rabbi Leo Baeck’s essay on prayer “Gebet im Judentum,” was published in the “Judentum und Gebet” issue of Bne Briss (September/October 1935), top of page 82. . . .


Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit | Prayer in times of melancholy and dejection, a teḥinah by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 21 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Meïr haLevi Letteris |

“Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 95-96. In the Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 80-81. . . .


Gebet um einen guten Nahrungsstand | Prayer for an ample supply of food, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 25 Sep 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet um einen guten Nahrungstand” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №116 on pp. 223-224. . . .


Gebet um glückliche Erziehung der Kinder | Prayer for the joyful education of children, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 24 May 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet um glückliche Erziehung der Kinder” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №134 on pp. 252-253. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №135 on pp. 259-260. . . .


Gebet während des Priestersegens (Ribbaunau schel aulom) | Prayer during the priestly blessing, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 04 Jan 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Lise Tarlau |

This paraliturgical prayer-poem, “Gebet während des Priestersegens (Ribbaunau schel aulom)” by Lise Tarlau, can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 318-319. . . .


Gebet während eines Sturmes auf der See | Prayer during a storm on the sea, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 19 Jun 2020 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda |

A prayer offered during an ocean voyage during dangerous inclement weather conditions. . . .


Gebet wenn der Vorbeter unssane Tokef vorträgt (וּנְתַנֶּה תֹּקֶף) | Prayer when the prayer leader recites Untaneh Toqef, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1833)

Contributed on: 22 Feb 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet wenn der Vorbeter unssane Tokef vorträgt” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1833 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion on pp. 47-48. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №34 on pp. 51-52. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №36 on pp. 54-55. . . .


Gebet wenn man auf den Begräbnißplatz kommt | Prayer when you come to the burial ground, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 20 Oct 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebet wenn man auf den Begräbnißplatz kommt” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №96 on p. 193. . . .


[Gebet] Zur Zeit der Niederkunft | Prayer at the time of childbirth, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“[Gebet] Zur Zeit der Niederkunft” 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 №58 on pp. 84-85. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №60 on pp. 106-108. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №63 on pp. 111-113. . . .


Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts | Prayer at the kindling of the Friday night lights, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributed on: 31 Jan 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Daniel Bar Sadeh-Weise (transcription) | Wolf Mayer |

“Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Gebethbuch für gebildete israelitisch Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 107-109. . . .


Gebete, die man an verschiedenen Stellen sagt, wenn man um den Begräbnißplatz herumgeht | Prayers said at various points as you circumambulate the burial ground, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 25 Sep 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Gebete, die man an verschiedenen Stellen sagt, wenn man um den Begräbnißplatz herumgeht” 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 1835 edition as teḥinah №103 on pp. 202-207. . . .


Gebete einer Frau wenn ihr Kind zur Beschneidung getragen wird | Prayer of a woman when her child is carried for circumcision, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributed on: 01 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Chajm Guski (German translation) | Wolf Mayer |

“Gebete einer Frau wenn ihr Kind zur Beschneidung getragen wird” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Gebethbuch für gebildete israelitisch Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 124-125. . . .


Gebete einer Geschäftsfrau | Prayer of a Business Woman, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributed on: 30 Jan 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Daniel Bar Sadeh-Weise (transcription) | Wolf Mayer |

“Gebete einer Geschäftsfrau” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Techinôs Benôs Jeschurun Ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 115-117. . . .


Geschem, a prayer for rain in the onset of winter by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 01 Jan 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Lise Tarlau |

“Geschem” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 363-365. . . .


Gyermekek üdvéért | Gebet für das Heil des Kindes | Prayer for the well-being of children, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)

Contributed on: 25 Aug 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Arnold Kiss |

This prayer for the well-being of children by Rabbi Arnold Kiss, “Gyermekek üdvéért” (Magyar, 1897) and “Gebet für das Heil des Kindes” (German, 1907), was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam on p.291-293 of the original Magyar edition and p. 546-549 of the subsequent German edition. I’ve set separate English translations side-by-side with the Magyar and German in order to highlight the subtle differences between the two. As I am not a native speaker of German or Magyar, please correct and improve upon my effort. –Aharon Varady . . .


Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért | Thanksgiving for deliverance from trouble, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)

Contributed on: 25 Sep 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Arnold Kiss |

This prayer of thanksgiving by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for deliverance from danger, “Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.286-288. . . .


Ḥanukkah, a hymn by Minna Kleeberg (1868)

Contributed on: 29 Nov 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Minna Cohen Kleeberg |

“Hannukah” by Minna Kleeberg appears as hymn number 38 in מנהג אמעריקא: תפלות בני ישורון Minhag America: Hymns, Psalms & Prayers in English and German by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, et al (1868), p. 105 and 107. . . .


אָי חֲנֻכָּה | Oy Ḥanukkah, a zemer for Ḥanukkah by Mordkhe Rivesman (1912)

Contributed on: 28 Nov 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Mordkhe Rivesman |

A popular song for Ḥanukkah in Yiddish with English translation. . . .


Haschkiwenu, a paraliturgical adaptation of Hashkivenu by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 26 Dec 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Lise Tarlau |

This paraliturgical translation of “Haschkiwenu” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), page 78. . . .


Hashem is Everywhere! — a song by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1972)

Contributed on: 29 Dec 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yosef Goldstein |

The pedagogical song “Hashem is Everywhere!” by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1928-2013) can be found in the context of his story, “Where is Hashem?,” the second track on his album מדות טובות Jewish Ethics Through Story and Song (Menorah Records 1972). In the instructions to reciting the lyrics, the singer points first to the six cardinal directions and lastly, by pointing inward towards one’s self. In so doing, one explicitly affirms the idea of the divine within ourselves and implicitly, in each other. . . .


הַתִּקְוָה | Hatiḳvah (the Hope), by Naphtali Herz Imber (1878)

Contributed on: 23 Apr 2020 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Hillel Meitin (translation) | the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) | Naphtali Herz Imber |

The poem, Hatiḳvah, in its original composition by Naphtali Herz Imber, later chosen and adapted to become the national anthem of the State of Israel, with a full English translation, and the earliest, albeit abbreviated, Yiddish translation . . .


הַיּוֹם תְּאַמְּצֵנוּ | haYom T’amtseinu, a piyyut for the end of musaf on Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur

Contributed on: 23 Sep 2020 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Unknown Author(s) |

The full text of the alphabetic mesostic piyyut, Hayom, according to the Italian nusaḥ. . . .


📖 הֶגְיוֹן לֵב | Hegyon Lev (Meditations of the Heart): Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die häusliche Andacht, arranged by Rabbi Benjamin Szold (1867)

Contributed on: 02 May 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Benjamin Szold |

This is Rabbi Benjamin Szold’s הגיון לב (Hegyon Lev, “Meditation of the Heart”) Israelitisches Gebetbuch für die häusliche Andacht (1867). . . .


הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה | Hoshana for Healing and Consolation, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx

Contributed on: 06 Oct 2015 by Dalia Marx | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A supplemental hoshana (prayer for salvation) for healing and consolation for the sake of true love, needed blessings, rainfall in a timely fashion, paths and their repair, mountains and their crossing, goals and objectives, lasting memories, good dreams, cosmic goodness, etc. . . .


Im Besitz von Reichthum | [Prayer while] in possession of wealth, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 22 May 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Im Besitz von Reichthum” 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 №76 on pp. 115-117. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №77 on pp. 139-141. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №80 on pp. 144-146. . . .


Im Monat Ellul wenn der Schofer geblasen wird | In the month of Elul when the shofar is blown, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 19 Feb 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“Im Monat Ellul wenn der Schofer geblasen wird” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №30 on pp. 39-40. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №30 on pp. 45-47. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №32 on pp. 48-50. . . .


📖 אמרי לב (Imrei Lev) Prières D’un Cœur Israélite, a collection of paraliturgical prayers and teḥinot in French by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1848/53)

Contributed on: 09 Mar 2016 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Jonas Ennery | Arnaud Aron | Consistoire central israélite de France |

A collection of paraliturgical prayers and teḥinot, edited by the chief rabbi of Strasbourg and translated into French by Jonas Ennery, as a supplement to the Jewish liturgy of the synagogue. . . .


In der Sephira | Prayer during the Sefirat ha-Omer, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 04 Feb 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro |

“In der Sephira” 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 №25 on pp. 32-33. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №24 on pp. 37-38. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №27 on pp. 40-41. . . .


הָאִינְטֶרְנַצְיוֹנָל | the Internationale, by Eugène Pottier (1871); Hebrew translation by Avraham Shlonsky (1921)

Contributed on: 24 May 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Ron Kuzar (translation) | Avraham Shlonsky (translation) | Eugène Edine Pottier |

The Chanson Internationale (‘International Song’) was originally written in 1871 by Eugène Pottier, a French public transportation worker, member of the International Workingmen’s Association (The First International), and activist of the Paris Commune. He wrote it to pay tribute to the commune violently destroyed that year. The song became the official anthem of The Second International, of the Comintem, and between 1921 and 1944 also of the Soviet Union. Most socialist and communist parties adopted it as their anthem during the last decades of the 19th century and throughout the 20th century, adapting it in local languages (Russian, Yiddish, etc.) to their particular ideological framework. The anthem was first translated into Hebrew by Avraham Shlonsky in 1921. . . .


“Just Walk Beside Me” (לֵךְ פָּשׁוּט לְצִדִּי | امشي بجانبي | נאָר גיין לעבן מיר), lines from an unknown author circulating in 1971; Jewish adaptation with translations in Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic

Contributed on: 25 Nov 2023 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Moshe Tanenbaum | Unknown Author(s) |

Variations of the original three lines culminating with “Just walk beside me” first began to appear in print in 1971. Early on misattributed to the French writer Albert Camus (1913–1960), the lines circulated by newspaper and other periodicals before migrating to yearbook quotes. In the Jewish world of the early to mid-1970s, a young Moshe Tanenbaum began transmitting the lines at Jewish summer camps. In 1979, as Uncle Moishy, Tanenbaum published a recording of the song under the title “v’Ohavta” (track A4 on The Adventures of Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men, volume 2). . . .


Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for military personnel on active service (IDF 2017)

Contributed on: 29 Sep 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Unknown Author(s) | Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael |

This is a kavvanah (intention) distributed beginning in 2017 for Jewish soldiers on active service during Yom Kippur to use before eating or drinking a limited amount of nourishment in order to sustain their attention and readiness. The text of the prayer here is that which was distributed by Rabbi Captain Udi Schwartz, head of the chief rabbi for Tsahal (IDF), and published by Arutz 7. The kavvanah is derived from one published in 1983 by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein for those who, due to their state of health, must eat or drink in order to live (find Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357; pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989). That kavvanah, according to Rabbi Zilberstein was, “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (“copied from an old maḥzor”). . . .


כוונה ליום הבחירות | Kavvanah for Israeli Election Day, by Rabbi Noa Mazor

Contributed on: 16 Mar 2015 by Noa Mazor | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

כוונה ליום הבחירות יכולה להיאמר בכל שלב של יום הבחירות עצמו. בעיניי היא מתאימה בעיקר כחלק מתפילת שחרית של אותו היום או רגע לפני הכניסה אל מאחורי הפרגוד. נכתב על ידי נועה מזור, סטודנטית לרבנות, והרבה המלווה של נוער תל״ם. . . .


כַּוָּנוֹתִי בְּשִׁיר הָאַהֲבָה | Kavvanah for Shir ha-Ahavah (Song of Love), by Mendel Roth

Contributed on: 31 Jul 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Mendel Roth |

This is Mendel Roth’s prayer upon sharing his Shirat ha-Ahavah (song of love). The text of the prayer was provided in the description to the video on Youtube. English translation of the pointed Hebrew by Aharon Varady. . . .


Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for those who must eat for the safety of their life, as found in Torat ha-Yoledet (Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein 1983)

Contributed on: 29 Sep 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Yitzchok Zilberstein | Unknown Author(s) |

This is a kavvanah (intention) for anyone in a desperate circumstance of needing to eat or drink for their mortal health, to do so with the full confidence that they are fulfilling a mitsvah required for them in the Torah, to preserve their life. The kavvanah was related by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein in his Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357 (pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989), “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (as “copied from an old maḥzor”). Unfortunately, we can’t provide a more direct reference to this maḥzor. If you know, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .