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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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- 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 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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- 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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- פָּרָשַׁת מְצֹרָע | Parashat Metsora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Metsora Tags: ritual purity, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., תזריע, tsaraat, מצרע Metsora
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- פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ | Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Tazria Tags: ritual purity, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., תזריע, tsaraat, מצרע Metsora
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- פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמִינִי | Parashat Sh’mini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus), Parashat Sh'mini Tags: כבוד kavod, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., the Mizbe'aḥ, אשי ישראל ishei yisrael, שמיני, command-compliance pattern
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- פָּרָשַׁת צַו | Parashat Tsav (Leviticus 6:1-8:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat Tsav, Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., the Mizbe'aḥ, אשי ישראל ishei yisrael, צו, investiture
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- פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא | Parashat Vayiqra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat Vayiqra, Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., ויקרא, the Mizbe'aḥ, אשי ישראל ishei yisrael
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- פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל | Parashat Vayaqhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Vayaqhel Tags: שבת shabbat, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., ויקהל, המשכן the Mishkan, Betsalel, Oholiav
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- פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה | Parashat T’tsavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat T'tsavveh 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., תצוה, Aharon, המשכן the Mishkan
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- פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה | Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Terumah Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, תרומה, the menorah, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., המשכן the Mishkan
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- שריך לינקאלען | Memorial Prayer for Abraham Lincoln, by Isaac Goldstein haLevi (1865)
Categories: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th) Tags: 19th century C.E., United States, acrostic, Presidents Day, emancipation, קינות Ḳinnot, civil rights, 57th century A.M., Memorial prayers, Abraham Lincoln, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders, elegies
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- תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר | Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Adar ב, on regular non-leap years (1877)
Categories: Shabbat Mevorkhim, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (Alef & Bet) Tags: 19th century C.E., תחינות tkhines, new moon, שבת מבורכים shabbat mevorkhim, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, Yiddish vernacular prayer, Bilhah, paraliturgical birkat haḥodesh, Pisces, Naphtali, Mazal Dagim, Mordekhai, Esther, Haman, Needing Transcription
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- [Gebet] Am Sabbath, by Fanny Schmiedl Neuda (1855)
Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat, Saturday Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Bohemia, Teḥinot in German, German vernacular prayer, Bohemian Jewry, Paraliturgical Psalms 92, Saturday
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- דיזי שיני נייאי תפילה | Dize sheyne naye tfile (This Beautiful New Prayer), by the typesetter Gele bat Moshe v’Freyde (1710)
Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnassah Tags: ײדיש Yiddish, תחינות tkhines, redemption, 55th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., colophon, Halle, Brandenburg-Prussia, children's prayers
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- פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים | Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Mishpatim Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, theophany, משפטים, covenant code, Har Sinai, halakhot, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim
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- תחנה אױף קינדער האבין (פאר א אִשָׁה װאָס האָט ניט קײַן קינדער) | Tkhine for Having Children for a Woman who Has No Children (ca. 1840)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: 20th century C.E., תחינות tkhines, first person, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, fertility, conception, pregnancy, Needing Transcription
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- אֲשֶׁר יָצַר | Asher Yatsar, interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving, Asher Yatsar Tags: interpretive translation, four worlds, English Translation, Late Antiquity, excretion, אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, אשר יצר, Bathroom Prayer, Body as Temple, אדם קדמון Adam Ḳadmon, Body as Cosmos, Asiyah, Body as Earth, Body as Society, Bathroom etiquette, urination, plumbing as metaphor, internal plumbing, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, Prayers of Pumbedita, devotional interpretation
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- [Prayer] in Spring, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)
Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry Tags: 20th century C.E., Community, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers, fellowship, American Jewry of the United States, love your fellow as yourself, Trenton Six
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- דָּנִיֵּאל וְהַתַּנִּין | Daniel vs. the Dragon, according to the Aramaic text of Divrei Yeraḥmiel (ca. 12th c.)
Categories: Second Temple Period Tags: anti-predatory, Antiquity, captives, deuterocanonical works, Jewish Antiquities, dragons, iconoclastic, the Pit, captive animals, קפיצת הדרך ḳfitsat haderekh, חבקוק Ḥabaquq
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- A Delightful Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman to Say (ca. early 17th c.)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: תחינות tkhines, first person, תחינות teḥinot, 17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, childbirth, Problematic prayers, pregnancy, וידוים viduyim, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution
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- A Prayer for a Pregnant Woman to Say when She Wishes for an Easy Labor (ca. early 17th c.)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: תחינות tkhines, first person, תחינות teḥinot, 17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, childbirth, pregnancy, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution
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- A Prayer for a Woman before giving birth, from a Seder Tkhines (ca. 1640-1720)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: תחינות tkhines, first person, תחינות teḥinot, 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, pregnancy, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution
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- [Gebet] Vor der Entbindung | [Prayer] Before the Childbirth, by Fanny Neuda (1855)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: 19th century C.E., first person, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Teḥinot in German, German vernacular prayer, Bohemian Jewry, childbirth, pregnancy
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- תחנה פון אײן שװאנגער אשה זאל ניט מפיל זיין | Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman that She Not Miscarry (1910)
Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Tags: 20th century C.E., תחינות tkhines, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers, pregnancy, prayers for pregnant women
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- אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם | Adōn Olam, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar, Arvit l'Shabbat, Musaf l'Shabbat Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, פתיחות Petiḥot, cosmological, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., חתימות Ḥatimot, ABCB rhyming scheme, אדון עולם Adon Olam
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- ברוך שאמר | Barukh She’amar, interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l
Categories: Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot Tags: interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, Barukh She'amar, אברא כדברא abra k'davra, logos, speech acts, Geonic prayers, devotional interpretation, Psukei Dezimra, Needing Source Images
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- פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ | Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:22), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Yitro Tags: שבת shabbat, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, theophany, יתרו, Har Sinai, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim
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- פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא | Parashat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Va'era Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, וארא, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim
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- מְגִילַּת יְהוּדִית לְאָמְרָהּ בַּחֲנֻכָּה | Megillat Yehudit, the Medieval Scroll of Judith to be said on Ḥanukkah
Categories: Megillot, Ḥanukkah Tags: women, anti-predatory, dairy foods, soporifics, resistance, Megillat Yehudit, High Middle Ages, 14th century C.E., heroic women, חג הבנות Ḥag HaBanot, 52nd century A.M., derivative work
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית | Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Bereshit, Simḥat Torah Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, בראשית, פרשות parashot
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- פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת | Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat Shemot, Sefer Shemot (Exodus) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, שמות, liberation from mitsrayim, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim
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