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💬 Alternate Haftarah for Yom ha-Atsma’ut (Jeremiah 30:1-22)
Contributed by: Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
The thirtieth chapter of Jeremiah is exceedingly appropriate for Yom ha-Atsma’ut, considering its emphasis on returning from exile and the importance of self-rule. It strikes me as one of the most Zionist (with a capital Z) chapters in the entirety of Neviïm. . . .
תהלים קל״ז | Psalms 137 (Al Naharot Bavel :: By the Rivers of Babylon), translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Contributed by: the Mesorah (TaNaKh), Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Psalm 137 is traditionally recited before the Birkat Hamazon (the Blessing [after eating] the Meal) on a weekday. Psalms 137 (with Psalms 138:1) is read on the day of the Fast of Tisha b’Av. . . .
💬 מְגִלַּת אֵיכָה | Megillat Eikhah (Lamentations) in acrostic English translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Contributed by: Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen, Barukh ben Neriyah, the Mesorah (TaNaKh), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
An original gender-neutral translation of the book of Lamentations, preserving the alphabetical acrostic through closest parallels to the Hebrew letter. . . .
