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עמידה | Another version of the Weekday Amidah, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed by: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
A version of the weekday Amiday by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi emphasizing personal prayer, set side-by-side with a Sefaradi text of the Amidah. . . .
בִּרְכָּת גָּאַל יִשְׂרָאֵל | Emet v’Emunah, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed by: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
The first of two blessings following the shema in the evening, rendered by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in his English “praying translation.” . . .
בִּרְכָּת הַמַּפִּיל | Birkat haMapil, rhymed translation by Alice Lucas (1898)
Contributed by: Alice Lucas (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
A rhymed paraliturgical translation of the prayer over sleeping. . . .
💬 בן סירא מב:כא-מג:לא | ben Sira 42:21-43:31, a hymn of creation translated by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan
Contributed by: Mordecai Kaplan, Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Ecclesiasticus (ben Sira) 42:21-43:31 is presented as “God the Lord of Nature” in The Sabbath Prayer Book of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (The Reconstructionist Foundation 1945), p. 376-372 in the Supplements subsection, “God in Nature.” The text of Ben Sira used here differs in places found in other manuscripts. . . .
סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ | The Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 83-90), with Aramaic Fragments and translations in Ge’ez and English
Contributed by: Robert Henry Charles (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
A mytho-historical chronicle of the story of humanity and Israel up until the Maccabean revolt depicted as a fable through a dream vision of Ḥanokh. . . .
💬 מעשה טוביה ליום שני של שבועות | The Story of Toḇiyah for the second day of Shavuot
Contributed by: Moses Gaster, Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
The story of Toviah (Tobit) in Hebrew translation, in an abridged version arranged for public reading on the second day of Shavuot. . . .
Wise Counsel: Selected verses from the Book of ben Sira for a Seliḥot Service by Paltiel Birnbaum
Contributed by: Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Selected verses from the book of ben Sira for a Seliḥot service . . .
מַה־טֹּבוּ | Mah Tovu: Prayer upon Entering the Synagogue (Romanian trans. Avraham Shlomo Gold, ca. 1903)
Contributed by: Abraham Shlomo Gold (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the prayer upon entering the synagogue from סדר תפילות לכל השנה Ordinea Rugăciunilor pentru toate zilele anului (nusaḥ Sefaradi, minhag Romania) translated into Romanian by Rabbi Abraham Shlomo Gold (Institutul de editura Ralian si Ignat Samitca, Craiova, 1903). A video of this siddur can be seen on youtube here. We would like to know more about Rabbi Gold; if you have any information, please contact us. . . .
בִּרְכַּת נְטִילַת יָדָֽיִם | Blessing on preparing one’s hands for wakefulness and other holy activities (translation by Aharon Varady)
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Unknown
The blessing upon preparing one’s hands for attaining a state of ritual purity before a sacred activity. . . .
תהלים א׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 1 in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: Unknown, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 1 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the Sephardic Studies Collection at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים א׳ בלשון ספרדית | Psalms 1 in Spanish (trans. Rabbi Yahakob Yehuda, Leon Hebréo 1671)
Contributed by: Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leão (translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Autor ninguno se halla, que declare el tiempo en que David compuso este Psalmo; ni la causa de haverlo introduzido por primero: mas amiver, es, que conociendo David que la razon de haver Dios rebotado de su gracia a Saul, y haverlo elegido ael en su lugar, havia sido por transgredir su mandado en la guerra de Ha-malek, por las persuasiones, y confejos de los inicos de su pueblo; como el mismo confessó al Propheta Semuel: por esso, quiso David dar’principio àfu Libro, con un loor que sirviesse de dotrina, y de advertimiento dela felicidad que alcançan los fieles siervos de Dios, que andan con toda integridad en fus carreras de virtud, y las adversdades, y castigo que estáparalos infieles, y los inicos aparejado, por los justos juyzios de Dios, del modo que sucedió a Saul, que fue desposseido de su Reyno, el, y sus hijos, y todos sus defendientes parasiempre, por los consejos de que el, se dexó persuadir, donde Dios le declaró su castigo. . . .
תהלים ב׳ בלשון ספרדית | Psalms 2 in Spanish (trans. Rabbi Yahakob Yehuda, Leon Hebréo 1671)
Contributed by: Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leão (translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Este Psalmo, es el segundo en numero, por haverlo David en el principio de su Reyno, quando por oir las naciones circunvezinas, que lo havian ungido por Rey sobre Israël, vinieron todos juntos al desafio contra el, en compañia de los Philisteos sus capitales enemigos, y por esso comiença el Psalmo: Paraque se juntan las gentesy, etc. De suerte que assi como el Psalmo precedente, fue el primero por la donacion del Reyno, que Dios le hizo, assi este segundo fue adjunto a el, por la possession del Reyno que entonces tomava, suyetando con la divina assistencia las naciones, pues le embiava de los Cielos, su favor por medio de los Angeles sus ministros, como consta de Semuel Segundo, 5:24. . . .
תהלים ב׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 2 in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: Unknown, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 2 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the Sephardic Studies Collection at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ג׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 3 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 3 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the Sephardic Studies Collection at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ד׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 4 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 4 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the Sephardic Studies Collection at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ה׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 5 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 5 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the collection of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ו׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 6 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 6 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the collection of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ז׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 7 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 7 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the collection of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ח׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 8 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 8 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the collection of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ט׳ בלשון לאדינו | Psalms 9 by David in Ladino (Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, ca. 1852/3)
Contributed by: David ben Yishai (traditional attribution), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 9 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the collection of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
