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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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תחינה לימי נגיף הקורונה | Supplication for the Days of the Coronavirus (Masorti Movement in Israel 2020)

Contributed on: 09 Sep 2020 by Masorti Movement in Israel | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A prayer disseminated by the Masorti Movement in Israel in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in Israel and around the world. . . .


Supplique dans un malheur ou dans un chagrin | Supplication in misfortune or in grief, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributed on: 01 Jul 2020 by Jonas Ennery | Arnaud Aron | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A prayer in severe distress. . . .


📖 תפלה לדוד (נוסח איטלקי מנהג הרומית)‏ | Tefilah l’David: Preghiere di Rito Italiano, a bilingual Hebrew-Italian prayerbook compiled by the chief Rabbi of Rome, David Prato (1949)

Contributed on: 26 Aug 2020 by David Prato (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A bilingual Hebrew-Italian prayerbook compiled by the chief Rabbi of Rome according to the Nusaḥ Italḳi. . . .


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

Contributed on: 28 Jun 2024 by Moshe ben Maimon | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

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 . . .


Vor dem Etrog-Segen | Before the Etrog Blessing, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 13 Mar 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

“Vor dem Etrog-Segen” 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 №47 on pp. 67-68. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №49 pp. 85-86. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №51 on p. 90. . . .


Vor Neïla (Schlußgebet) | For Neïlah, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributed on: 12 Mar 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

“Vor Neïla (Schlußgebet)” 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 №46 on pp. 64-67. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №47 pp. 79-82. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №49 on pp. 82-85. . . .


Während einer Seefahrt | [Prayer] during an ocean voyage, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 18 Jun 2020 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A prayer for travel offered during an ocean voyage. . . .


Wenn eine Frau aus dem Wochenbette aufsteht | When a woman rises from her postpartum bed, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

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

“Wenn eine Frau aus dem Wochenbette aufsteht” 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 №60 on pp. 86-87. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №62 on pp. 109-110. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №65 on pp. 114-115. . . .


Wenn man auf den Begräbnißplatz kommt | When one comes to the burial place, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributed on: 18 Oct 2022 by Andreas Rusterholz (transcription) | Yehoshua Heshil Miro | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

“Wenn man auf den Begräbnißplatz kommt, betet man zuvörderst Folgendes” 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 №102 on pp. 200-202. . . .


Wenn man einen Leichenstein setzt, oder auch am Jahrẓeittage | When one sets a funeral stone, or also on the Yahrẓeit — a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

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

“Wenn man einen Leichenstein setzt, oder auch am Jahrzeittage” 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 №130 on pp. 245-247. . . .


Wenn man vom Begräbnißplatz geht | When you leave the burial place, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

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

“Wenn man vom Begräbnißplatz geht” 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 №132 on pp. 248-249. . . .


כשיוצא אדם בלילה | When a person goes out at night: an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.)

Contributed on: 14 May 2020 by Dan Levene | Dalia Marx | Amram Ben Rav Sheshna | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

An apotropaic prayer of protection for traveling at night containing an “angels on all sides” formula. . . .


יָהּ, אָנָה אֶמְצָאֶךָּ | Yah, Where shall I find you?, a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi (ca. early 12th c.)

Contributed on: 06 Jun 2020 by Nina Davis Salaman (translation) | the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) | Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A piyyut that expresses the paradox of a divinity that is both “Beyond” and “Present.” . . .


לזכרם של ההרוגים במלחמה באדמות אוקראינה | Молитва в пам’ять про загиблих у війні на землях України | Yizkor for those killed in the war in Ukraine, by Miriam Klimova (2022)

Contributed on: 03 Oct 2022 by Miriam Klimova | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

A prayer for a Yizkor service on Yom Kippur during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. . . .