Tropified texts for Purim 2021 juxtaposing the text of Queen Esther with the words of Vice President Kamalla Harris and poet laureate Amanda Gorman. . . .
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☞ Purim Readings
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat and David Evan Markus
Shared on י׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Purim Readings
Tags:  United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., transtropilation, tropified texts, United States General Election 2000, 59th Presidential Inauguration
Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Shared on ד׳ באדר ב׳ ה׳תשע״א (2011-03-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, egalitarian, Shtadlanut, 2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M. 
Megillat Esther in Hebrew with an English translation, including verses for public recitation highlighted to spotlight the heroic acts of Esther and Mordekhai. . . . 
Contributor(s): Bonna Devora Haberman
Shared on י״ב באדר ה׳תשע״ה (2015-03-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Purim Readings
Tags: Feminism, leadership 
What are the inner workings of such an intricately crafted story that it devolves into so much gratuitous violence at the end? Haman’s racism follows imminently upon the heels of the king’s sexism. Indeed, the root of Haman’s wrath against Mordekhai and the Jews parallels the king’s fury against Vashti and the women. Both Vashti and Mordekhai refused to submit to degradation before authority. Disdain for and subordination of women are pre-conditions for the progression toward violent evils that threaten to prevail under the jester-king. One of the fundaments of feminism is that until we fix the basic gender dyad, there will be no resolution of other derivative inequalities, prejudices, and abuses—at personal, ethnic, national, and global levels. Core relationships between woman and man must embody mutual respect, dignity, and equality in our humanity. . . . 
Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on ט׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-02-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation 
A Megillah reading of Esther with English translation, transtropilized. . . . 
Contributor(s): Jack Kessler (trōpification) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Shared on ט׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-02-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: 20th century C.E., מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, Cantillized readings in English, Mordekhai, Esther, Megillah Readings in English, Shushan, purimspiel 
The Megillah of Esther: An Original English Rendition (set to trop) by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler was first published in 1990. This second “version 2.0” edition was published in 2016. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo
Shared on ט׳ באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Midrash Aggadah, Purim Readings
Tags: dreams, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., dragons, parabiblical aggadah, prophetic dreams 
The dream and prayer of Mordecai, and the prayer of Esther, as copied in the medieval pseudo-historical Chronicle of Yeraḥmiel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Bayit: Your Jewish Home
Shared on י׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-02-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Purim Readings
Tags: United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, Women's History Month, tropified texts, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedek tsedek tirdof 
Purim affirms Esther’s stand against official silencing, abuse of power, misogyny and anti-Semitism. At first an outsider, Queen Esther used her insider power to reveal and thwart official hatred that threatened Jewish life and safety. We celebrate one woman’s courageous cunning to right grievous wrongs within corrupt systems. The archetype of heroic woman standing against hatred continues to call out every society still wrestling with official misogyny, power abuses and silencing. For every official silencing and every threat to equality and freedom, may we all live the lesson of Esther and all who stand in her shoes: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and April Rosenblum
Shared on כ״ח באדר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-03-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Ḥanukkah Readings, Purim Readings
Tags: liberation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., combating antisemitism, solidarity, combating anti-Jewish oppression, particularism and universalism, who we are, Jewish Radicalism, Jewish liberation, shfokh ḥamatkha 
It’s always a real struggle for the Left to successfully tackle oppression within its own ranks. But when we do it, our movements gain, every time, from the deeper understandings that emerge. To start the process this time, we need some basic information about what anti-Jewish oppression is and how to counter it. But it has to come from a perspective of justice for all people, not from opportunistic attempts to slander or censor social justice efforts that are gaining strength. . . . 
Contributor(s): R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli
Shared on כ״ח בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (2012-02-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Cantillation Systems, Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz 
The following seven lessons by Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery to help the student prepare for their reading of Megillat Esther. The nusaḥ taught is Israeli style Ashkenaz-Lithuanian. . . . 
Contributor(s): Gabriel Kretzmer Seed (translation)
Shared on כ״ז באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״א (2011-03-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Cantillation Systems, Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz
For aspiring ba’al koreh (readers) of Megillat Esther studying its various styles of cantillation (Hebrew, ta’amei hamiqra or in Yiddish, trope), a fair number of recordings are popping up online, but only one so far is being shared with a free/libre, copyleft license thanks to Gabriel Seed, lead developer of zemirotdatabase.org. The audio file is free to redistribute and remix under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported license. We’re honored to share Gabriel’s recording of a zarqa table for Megillat Esther read in the Nusaḥ Ashkenaz style. Megillat Esther – Ta’amei Hamiqra: MP3 | OGG . . . |
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