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From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.
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- תְּפִילַת הוֹלְכִים לְאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה | Prayer for Those Leaving Home for University, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Learning, Study, and School, Travel, Separation Tags: North America, children, students, parents, תחינות teḥinot, supplications, college, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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- תפילת הדרך באניית הכוכבים | Prayer for Going on a Starship Voyage, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Travel Tags: North America, ascent, the Chariot, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh, starship, sic itur ad astra, space travel, Leonard Nimoy z"l, where no earthling has gone before, spaceship Earth, bli-mah, traveling without moving, Jacob's Ladder, spaceship, 24th century C.E., 62nd century A.M., ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah
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- מְגִלַּת וָשִׁעְתּוֹן | Megillat Washington: A Scroll for Thanksgiving, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (1790, 2018)
Categories: Readings for George Washington's Birthday, Modern Miscellany, Thanksgiving Day Readings, Purim Sheni Readings Tags: Spanish-Portuguese, Revolutionary War, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Western Sepharadim, George Washington, American Jewry of the United States, Newport, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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- מי ששכנה… היא תשכן עמנו | Mē She’shakhna… Hē Tishkon Imanu – a Seliḥot Plea for Biblical Women by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Sukkot Tags: סליחות seliḥot, North America, Imahot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., in the merit of our ancestors, Divine Presence, שכינה Shekhinah, Biblical Women, Mi She’anah, Tishrei Zman, אושפיזתא Ushpizata
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- און קאבﬞריטיקו | Un Kavritiko :: a Judezmo (Ladino) Translation of Ḥad Gadya
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Ladino Translation, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judezmo, Judeo-Spanish, Needing Attribution
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- יַאן יִכְּרוּ | Yan ikru :: a Judeo-Berber Translation of Ḥad Gadya
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Tamaziɣt, Needing Attribution
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- ואחד גׄדי | Waaḥid Jady :: a Judeo-Arabic Translation of Ḥad Gadya
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Arabic, Baghdad, Needing Attribution
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- יַכֵּי בּוּזְגָאלַה | Yake Buzghola :: a Judeo-Tajik Translation of Ḥad Gadya, by Rabbi Shimon ben Eliyahu Hakham (1904)
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Tajik, Bukharan Jewry, Bukhori, Needing Attribution
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- סֵדֶר לְיוֹם הַשׁוֹאָה | Seder for Yom haSho’ah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), Yom haShoah (27 Nissan) Tags: North America, symbolic foods, Mourning this Broken World, השואה the Shoah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Holocaust, כז ניסן, 27 Nissan, speaking truth to power
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- פַּרְשְׁיָתָא דְּפִתְחָא לְמִנְחָה | Passages for Opening Minḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Minḥah Tags: Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., Psalms 20, Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Psalms 142, Psalms 84, Psalms 141, Psalms 143, Psalms 144
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- מִי שֶׁעָנָה…הוּא יַעֲנֵנוּ | Mi she’Anah…Hu Ya’anenu :: A Star Trek Seliḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Yom Kippur Tags: סליחות seliḥot, egalitarian, Star Trek, Avot and Imahot, Mi She’anah, crossovers, deuterocanonical works, Jews of Star Trek, 24th century C.E., United Federation of Planets, Starfleet, liturgy of the wandering stars, 62nd century A.M., תשובה teshuvah
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- A Second Passover Seder Plate with Seven Additions, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Symbolic Foods Tags: symbolic foods, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, cup of miriam, leeks, beets, miriam's fish, oranges, turnip peels, Maxwell House coffee
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