Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20th) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers composed for or relevant to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual event occurring on November 20th. Founded in 1999 to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester, a transgender woman in Allston, Massachusetts, it has slowly evolved into an international day of action. By 2010, the Transgender Day of Remembrance was observed in over one hundred and eighty-five cities throughout more than twenty countries.
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תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Steven Greenberg, Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir

A prayer by Kalonymus b. Kalonymus ben Meir that appears in his poem ספר אבן בוחן, יג Sefer Even Boḥan (§13), describing the author’s wish to have been born a Jewish woman. . . .

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Detail of Codex Manesse, fol. 355r, Süßkind, der Jude von Trimberg. Der mit einem Judenhut bekleidete und auch durch den Bart als Jude gekennzeichnete Süßkind spricht vermutlich vor einem Vogt in Konstanz vor (das Fehlen einer Mitra und das schwarz-weiße Banner lassen in dem Thronenden auf einen weltlichen Herrn schließen, nicht etwa den Bischof von Konstanz).

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17