Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber of works in the Public Domain for the Open Siddur Project. 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. (As founding director of the Open Siddur Project, he also serves as an editor and website administrator of 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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- פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים | Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Mishpatim Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, theophany, משפטים, covenant code, Har Sinai, Midbar Sinai
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- פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ | Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:22), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Yitro Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, into the wilderness, theophany, יתרו
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- גַּמָּדֵי לָיִל | Gnomes of the Night, by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (ca. 1894)
Categories: Bedtime Shema Tags: romanticism, 19th century C.E., sheydim, night, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, 57th century A.M., animistic spirits, Jewish faeries, creatures of the night, where the wild things are, vilde ḥayye, whimsy, magical beings, entering magical territory, evening spirits
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- פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח | Parashat B’shalaḥ (Exodus 13:17-17:16), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Shemot (Exodus), Parashat B'shalaḥ Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, בשלח
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- צַפְרִירִים | Tsafririm (“Morning Spirits”), by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1900)
Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar Tags: romanticism, 19th century C.E., Light, first person, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, 57th century A.M., Prayers as poems, alternate rhyming scheme, animistic spirits, numinous beings, Jewish faeries
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- פָּרָשַׁת בֹּא | Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Bo Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, בא
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- הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ | Take Me Under Your Wing, by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (1905)
Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Kabbalat Shabbat Tags: 20th century C.E., Petiḥot, 57th century A.M., Shekhinah, sanctuary, exile, diaspora, love-sickness, heartbreak, lev nishbar
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- פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא | Parashat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Va'era Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, וארא
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- פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת | Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Parashat Shemot, Shemot (Exodus) Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, שמות, liberation from mitsrayim
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- פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי | Parashat Vayeḥi (Genesis 47:28-50:26), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Bereishit (Genesis), Parashat Vayeḥi Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, Yosef cycle, ויחי
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- פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ | Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Bereishit (Genesis), Parashat Vayigash Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, Yosef cycle, ויגש
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- פָּרָשַׁת מִקֵּץ | Parashat Miqets (Genesis 41:1-44:17), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Bereishit (Genesis), Parashat Miqets Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, Yosef cycle, מקץ
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- פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּשֶׁב | Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Bereishit (Genesis), Parashat Vayeshev Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, וישב, Yosef cycle
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- פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָׂרָה | Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Categories: Bereishit (Genesis), Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah Tags: mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, parashot, חיי שרה, camels
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- יום העבודה | Salvation through Avodah, a prayer for the Sabbath before Labor Day, adapted from the writings of A.D. Gordon by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1945)
Categories: May Day, Morning Torah Reading, Labor Day Tags: 20th century C.E., Teva, labor, 58th century A.M., work, Nature, Labor Zionism, Hapoel Hatsair, Yom Ha'Avodah, work as worship, worship as work
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