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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Contributed by:
Harry Nilsson, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A Hebrew translation of the lyrics to Harry Nilsson’s “One” (1967) as sung by Aimee Mann (1995) . . .
Contributed by:
Nir Krakauer (translation), Isaiah Horowitz, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A piyyut providing the 42 letter divine name as an acrostic, recorded in the work of Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz. . . .
Contributed by:
Aharon Berekhiah ben Mosheh of Modena, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A 42 Letter Divine Name acrostic piyyut to comfort someone in the process of dying. . . .
Contributed by:
Akiva Sanders (translation), Unknown (translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
This is a variation of Mipi El in Hebrew with a Judeo-Arabic translation found in the Seder al-Tawḥid for Rosh Ḥodesh Nissan, compiled by Mosheh Asher ibn Shmuel in 1887 in Alexandria. . . .
Contributed by:
Nir Krakauer (translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
The earliest recorded prayer or piyyut providing an acrostic for the 42 letter divine name. . . .
Contributed by:
Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Elsie Davis (translation), Unknown
This is the shir ha-yiḥud l’yom revi’i (hymn of unity for the fourth day), as translated by Nina Salaman and published in the maḥzor for Rosh ha-Shanah by Arthur Davis and Herbert Adler (1907). . . .
Contributed by:
Moses Gaster, David ben Elazar ibn Paquda, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A poetic introduction to the Azharot of Solomon ibn Gabirol read in the afternoon of Shavuot by Sefaradim. . . .
Contributed by:
Yaacov Maoz, Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
The popular piyyut for welcoming the Shabbat, in Hebrew with translations in Assyrian-Aramaic and English. . . .
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