📖 Siddur on the Hill for Friday Night, by Ḥavurah on the Hill at the Vilna Shul, Boston (trans. Rabbi Sam Seicol, 2010)
Contributed by: Rabbi Sam Seicol, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
We are grateful to the Vilna Shul in Boston and their Ḥavurah on the Hill program for preparing “Siddur on the Hill,” (2011) a beautiful siddur for Shabbat Friday night services and sharing it with free-culture compatible, open content licensing. The siddur includes original translations in English from Rabbi Sam Seicol, interpretive writings by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, and illustrations by Georgi Vogel Rosen, as well as contributions from numerous others. Thank you for sharing your siddur, open source! . . .
יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ | Yedid Nefesh, a piyyut transmitted by Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (ca. 16th c.) translated by Rabbi Sam Seicol
Contributed by: Rabbi Sam Seicol, Elazar ben Moshe Azikri, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
A variation of the piyyut “Yedid Nefesh” in Hebrew with English translation. . . .
אֵל אָדוֹן (אשכנז) | El Adōn, a piyyut attributed to the Yordei Merkavah (alphabetic acrostic translation by Rabbi Sam Seicol)
Contributed by: Rabbi Sam Seicol
The piyyut El Adon in its nusaḥ Ashkenaz variation set side-to-side with an acrostic alphabetic translation in English. . . .
אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ | Ashrei Yoshvei Veitekha (Psalms 145), an alphabetical English translation by Rabbi Sam Seicol
Contributed by: Rabbi Sam Seicol, the Mesorah (TaNaKh), David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
A modern translation of the Ashrei in alphabetic parallel to the Hebrew. . . .