🆕 יזכור לחללי טבח שמחת תורה | Yizkor for the Victims of the Simḥat Torah Massacre, by Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman (2023)
Contributed by: Unknown (translation), Binyamin Holtzman
This Yizkor prayer for the victims of October 7th 2023, was written by Rabbi Binyamin Holzman and first published on the website Geluyah on 7 November 2023. The English translation was made by an unknown translator and set side-by-side with the Hebrew source by the Shalom Hartman Institute. . . .
בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה | baShanah haBa’ah (Next Year), an elegy by Ehud Manor for his brother killed during the War of Attrition (1968)
Contributed by: Unknown (translation), Ehud Manor, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“baShanah haBa’ah” (Next Year) by Ehud Manor written in 1968 in memory of his brother Yehudah. . . .
Kossuth imája | Prayer for the Fallen Heroes of the Battle of Kápolna, by István Roboz (1849)
Contributed by: Unknown (translation), István Roboz, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This is a prayer for those fallen in the battle of Kápolna, a decisive battle during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, written by István Roboz (1826-1916). Translated into numerous languages, the prayer was widely misattributed to enlightened president of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth. Circulated in translation and attributed to Kossuth, the prayer helped to cement his popularity among Jews worldwide praying for liberty from despotic regimes inclined for various reasons towards Jew hatred. . . .