Dan Levene • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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מימיני מיכאל | “Mikhael is on my right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Bedtime Shema from the Maḥzor Vitry (ca. 11th c.)

Contributed by: Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, Simḥah ben Shmuel of Vitry, Aharon N. Varady (translation)

An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry.

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 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.

גבריאל מימינהון | “Gavriel is on the right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the amulet bowl SD12 (ca. mid-first millennium C.E.)

Contributed by: Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, Aharon N. Varady (translation)

The text and translation of an amulet bowl discussed in “‘Gabriel is on their Right’: Angelic Protection in Jewish Magic and Babylonian Lore” by Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, and Siam Bharyo in Studia Mesopotamica (Band 1: 2014) pp.185-198. The apotropaic ward found in the amulet bowl, SD 12, contains an “angels on all sides” formula similar to that appearing in the Jewish liturgy of the bedtime shema.

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