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Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project, which he founded and directs. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin, Ministarot Nakeni 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. Besides his transcription work, Varady occasionally translates prayers and contributes his own original work. (Varady also serves as editor and administrator of the Open Siddur Project website, opensiddur.org, and is an outspoken advocate for open-source in Judaism more of which can be read about in this interview in the Atlantic Magazine.)
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- קמע לשמירה מפני לילית | Apotropaic ward for the protection of pregnant women and infants against Lilith & her minions (Montgomery 1913, reconstructed)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: prophylactic, קמעות kame'ot, infants, Angelic Protection, prayers concerning children, apotropaic prayers of protection, entering magical territory, prayers for pregnant women, amulet bowls, epical narrative as ward
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- That Religion Be Not a Cloak for Hypocrisy, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1945)
Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Roleplaying, Tisha b'Av Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Psalms 5, English vernacular prayer, false piety, religious hypocrisy, labor exploitation, Ḥillul Hashem, corruption, improper use of the crown, communal shame, difference disagreement and deviance, tolerance and intolerance, inclusion and exclusion
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- Prayer for a Sick Child, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving Tags: 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, infants, prayers concerning children, childhood illness, English vernacular prayer, Prayers for Children, Prayers of Parental Guardians
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- ליקוטי תפילות חלק א׳ תפילה קמ״ה | Prayer for Sukkot (Liqutei Tefilot I:145), by Reb Nosson Sternhartz of Nemirov (early 19th century)
Categories: Kosher Slaughter, Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Sukkot Tags: 19th century C.E., animals, Breslov, animal welfare, anti-predatory, Bratslav, 55th century A.M., Likutei Tefilot, Ḥasidei Bratslav, being human, menschlekite
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- Thanksgiving for Deliverance, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving Tags: 19th century C.E., Gratitude, thankfulness, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, thanksgiving, ברכת הגומל birkat hagomel, מודים Modim
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- Prayer of Thanksgiving on Recovering from Sickness, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving Tags: 19th century C.E., thankfulness, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, thanksgiving, ברכת הגומל birkat hagomel, מודים Modim
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- אמעריקע | America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee), a patriotic hymn by Samuel Francis Smith (1832)
Categories: Memorial Day (last Monday of May) Tags: 20th century C.E., United States, זמירות zemirot, 58th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Yiddish songs, American Jewry of the United States, Patriotic prayers, doikayt, hereness, God Save the Queen
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ | Parashat b’Ha’alotekha (Numbers 8:1-12:16), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat B'ha'alotekha, Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers) Tags: anti-predation, 35th century A.M., mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Sinai, Midbar Paran, בהעלתך b'Ha'alotekha
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- פָּרָשַׁת נָשֹׂא | Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat Naso, Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Sinai, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., במדבר Bamidbar, census, tribes, shlepping, breaking down, moving out, נשא, נזיר Nazir
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר | Parashat b’Midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat b'Midbar, Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Sinai, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., במדבר Bamidbar, census, tribes, shlepping, breaking down, moving out
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- תפילה לשלום המלכות | Prayer for the Welfare of George Washington, George Clinton, and the Thirteen States of America by Hendla Jochanan van Oettingen (1784)
Categories: Prayers for the Government in the Diaspora, Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February) Tags: United States, Presidents Day, Spanish-Portuguese, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., K.K. Shearith Israel, Sepharadi Diaspora, American War of Independence, Western Sepharadim, American Jewry of the United States
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּחֻקֹּתַי | Parashat b’Ḥuqotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat b'Ḥuqotai Tags: slavery, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Har Sinai, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., יובל Yovel Jubilee, שמיטה shmitah, בהר Behar, rosh hashanah l'behemah, בחקתי
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר | Parashat b’Har (Leviticus 25:1-26:2), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat b'Har Tags: slavery, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Har Sinai, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., יובל Yovel Jubilee, שמיטה shmitah, בהר Behar
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- פָּרָשַׁת אֱמֹר | Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Emor Tags: Kohanim, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., tsaraat, atonement, corporal punishment, אמֹר Emor, Mother's Day
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- פָּרָשַׁת קְדֹשִׁים | Parashat Qedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Qedoshim Tags: predation, anti-predation, sexual predation, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., אחרי מות Aḥarei Mōt, Molekh, atonement, קדשים Qedoshim
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- פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת | Parashat Aḥarei Mōt (Leviticus 16:1-18:30), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Aḥarei Mōt Tags: predation, anti-predation, Yom Kippur, sexual predation, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., אחרי מות Aḥarei Mōt, Azazel, Azael, Inui, Molekh, atonement
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- Prayer for the Government in honor of George Washington, First President of the United States of America by Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Shalome (1789)
Categories: Inauguration Day (January 20th), Prayers for the Government in the Diaspora, Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February) Tags: United States, acrostic, Presidents Day, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Western Sepharadim, George Washington, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders
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