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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Rabbi Dr. Zalman Meshullam Schachter-Shalomi, affectionately known as "Reb Zalman" (28 August 1924 – 3 July 2014) was one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement. Born in Żółkiew, Poland (now Ukraine) and raised in Vienna, he was interned in detention camps under the Vichy Regime but managed to flee the Nazi advance, emigrating to the United States in 1941. He was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in 1947 within the ḤaBaD Hasidic movement while under the leadership of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, and served ḤaBaD communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He subsequently earned an M.A. in psychology of religion at Boston University, and a doctorate from the Hebrew Union College. He was initially sent out to speak on college campuses by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, but in the early 1960s, after experimenting with "the sacramental value of lysergic acid", the main ingredient in LSD, leadership within ḤaBaD circles cut ties with him. He continued teaching the Torah of Ḥassidut until the end of his life to creative, free and open-minded Jewish thinkers with humility and kindness and established warm ecumenical ties as well. In September 2009, he became the first contributor of a siddur to the Open Siddur Project database of Jewish liturgy and related work. Reb Zalman supported the Open Siddur Project telling its founder, "this is what I've been looking forward to!" and sharing among many additional works of liturgy, an interview he had with Havurah magazine in the early to mid-1980s detailing his vision of "Database Davenen." The Open Siddur Project is proud to be realizing one of Reb Zalman's long held dreams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalman_Schachter-Shalomiתהלים ו׳ | Psalms 6, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 29 Jul 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the prayer Psalms 6 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים ז׳ | Psalms 7, a shigayon of David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 28 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 7 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 8-9. . . .
תהלים ח׳ | Psalms 8, a mizmor of David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 28 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 8 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 10. . . .
תהלים י׳ | Psalms 10, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 28 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 10 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 12-13. . . .
תהלים י״א | Psalms 11, by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 29 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 11 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 14. . . .
תהלים י״ב | Psalms 12, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 29 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 12 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 15. . . .
תהלים י״ג | Psalms 13, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 30 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 13 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 16. . . .
תהלים י״ד | Psalms 14, by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 30 Apr 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation and reworking of Psalms 14 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 17. . . .
תהלים ט״ו | Psalms 15, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 26 Jul 2018 by ❧
Psalms 15 is read on special days of festive joy in place of Taḥanun. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 15 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ט״ז | Psalms 16, a mikhtam by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 01 May 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation and reworking of Psalms 16 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 19. . . .
תהלים י״ז | Psalms 17, a tefilah by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 01 May 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation and reworking of Psalms 17 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 20-21. . . .
תהלים י״ח | Psalms 18, a shir by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 02 May 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation and reworking of Psalms 18 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 22-27. . . .
תהלים י״ט | Psalms 19, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 09 May 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 19 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 28-29. . . .
תהלים כ׳ | Psalms 20, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 11 May 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 20 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 30. . . .
תהלים כ״ב | Psalms 22, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 03 Jul 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 22 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 32-36. . . .
תהלים כ״ג | Psalms 23, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 19 Mar 2022 by ❧
A paraliturgical translation of Psalms 23 in English, set side-by-side with the Masoretic Hebrew. . . .
תהלים כ״ד | Psalms 24, the Psalm for Sunday (translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 29 Jul 2017 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Sunday (Psalms 24) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים כ״ה | Psalms 25, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l
Contributed on: 29 Jul 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 25 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009) for days on which Taḥanun is practiced after the morning Amidah. . . .
תהלים כ״ו | Psalms 26, by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 03 Jul 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 26 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 41. . . .
תהלים כ״ז | Psalms 27 (interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 26 Aug 2017 by ❧
This English translation of Psalms 27 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . .
תהלים כ״ח | Psalms 28, by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 04 Jul 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 28 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 44. . . .
תהלים כ״ט | Psalms 29, a mizmor by David translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 04 Jul 2022 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 29 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 45. . . .
תהלים ל׳ | Psalms 30 by David (interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 23 Jul 2017 by ❧
This is an English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). The translation was set side-by-side with the original Hebrew by Aharon Varady. . . .
תהלים מ״ח | Psalms 48, the psalm for Monday (translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)
Contributed on: 30 Jul 2017 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Monday (Psalms 48) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים ס״ז | Psalms 67 (interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 09 Aug 2017 by ❧
This English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . .
תהלים פ״א | Psalms 81, the psalm for Thursday (translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 27 Jul 2017 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Thursday (Psalms 81) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. . . .
תהלים פ״ב | Psalms 82, the Psalm for Tuesday (translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 30 Jul 2017 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Tuesday (Psalms 82) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים פ״ט | Psalms 89, a maskil of Eitan ha-Ezraḥi (translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)
Contributed on: 05 Nov 2023 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 89 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), pp. 145-148. . . .
תהלים צ׳ | Psalms 90, a tefilah by Mosheh translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 19 Mar 2022 by ❧
A paraliturgical translation of Psalms 90 in English, set side-by-side with the Masoretic Hebrew. . . .
תהלים צ״א | Psalms 91, a song against evil spirits translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 19 Mar 2022 by ❧
A paraliturgical translation of Psalms 91 in English, set side-by-side with the Masoretic Hebrew. . . .
תהלים צ״ג | Psalms 93, the psalm for Friday (translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 28 Jul 2017 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Friday (Psalms 93) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. . . .
תהלים צ״ד | Psalms 94, the psalm for Wednesday (translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)
Contributed on: 26 Jul 2017 by ❧
This psalm was the Wednesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple. . . .
תהלים ק׳ | Psalms 100, interpretive translation and adaptation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l
Contributed on: 10 Aug 2017 by ❧
This interpretation and adaptation of Psalms 100 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים ק״ד | Psalms 104, a hymn of creation translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2009)
Contributed on: 23 Jul 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Barkhi Nafshi” (Psalms 104) for Rosh Ḥodesh in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
תהלים קכ | Psalms 120, an “up song” (shir la-ma’alot) translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 11 Oct 2023 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 120 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 214. . . .
תהלים קכ״א | Psalms 121, an “up song” (shir la-ma’alot) translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi
Contributed on: 11 Oct 2023 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 121 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 215. . . .
תהלים קל״ט | Psalms 139, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 14 Jan 2020 by ❧
Psalms 139 in Hebrew with an interpretive translation in English by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . .
אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ | Ashrei Yoshvei Veitekha :: Sitting in your home is happiness (Psalms 145), translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 31 Jul 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Ashrei in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים קמ״ו | Psalms 146, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 02 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 146 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים קמ״ז | Psalms 147, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 02 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 147 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים קמ״ח | Psalms 148, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 02 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 148 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים קמ״ט | Psalms 149, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 03 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 149 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תהלים ק״נ | Psalms 150, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 03 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 150 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
הַל״ב מִצְוֺת הַתְלוּיוֹת בַּלֵּב | Thirty-two Mitsvot One Can Do With Consciousness Alone, by Reb Ahrele Roth (trans. Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Hillel Goelman)
Contributed on: 04 Aug 2018 by ❧
A good preparation and a bridge for the next phase of prayer, as you enter into the world of B’riyah,[foot]i.e., the Shaḥarit service beginning with the blessings prededing the Shema[/foot] is Reb Ahrele Roth’s list of Mitsvot One Can Do With Consciousness Alone. Reb Ahrele Roth, a”h, wrote a list of 32 mitsvot whose fulfillment is completed in the brain, the heart and the mouth. (The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 is ל”ב, the letters of which spell the Hebrew word LEV for Heart.) –Reb Zalman . . .
סליחה מר׳ יצחק אבן גיאת | Seliḥah by Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyat (ca. 11th century) translated by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l
Contributed on: 24 Sep 2017 by ❧
The following love poem is one of the Selihot recited between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ibn Gayat (1038 – 1089) was not timid about using the most intimate symbols in asking God to become reconciled with us. . . .
Shabbat Affirmations for Erev Shabbat, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 19 Jan 2020 by ❧
Shabbat Affirmations for erev shabbat in preparation of welcoming the shabbat. . . .
שְׁמַע | The Shema, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 30 Jul 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Shema in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת) | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)
Contributed on: 19 Jan 2020 by ❧
A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .
ברכות בשביל הקהל | Some blessings for those you davvened with, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 28 Aug 2018 by ❧
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included this list of peer blessings for after davvening in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
תחנון | Taḥanun, translated by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Contributed on: 25 Feb 2015 by ❧
My God! my soul is Yours my body is Your servant, take pity on what You have created; my soul is Yours and my body is Yours, God help us for Your sake. We come to You because we want to honor Your reputation. Help us in our moral struggle for the sake of Your reputation; because You are kind and compassionate. Forgive us, for there is so much we need to be forgiven for. . . .
