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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

Shiv’ah Asar b’Tamuz

This is an archive of prayers selected for Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז‎, the 17th day in the month of Tamuz in the Jewish calendar. The day commemorates the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple, among other calamities. The day also marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tishah b'Av.

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תהלים ע״ט | Psalms 79, a new translation for 17 Tamuz by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

A new translation of Psalms 79 for the 17th of Tamuz fast day of mourning.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz, Tehilim Book 3 (Psalms 73–89)

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ירושלם Jerusalem, Psalms 79, Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE), vengeance

Contributor(s):

the Mesorah (TaNaKh), Asaph ben Berechiah and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אַזְכִּֽירָה יָמִים עִם יָמִים | Azkira Yamim Im Yamim, a piyyuṭ for the First Shabbat of Admonition by Rabbi Yannai (ca. early 6th c.)

The works of the great paytan Yannai were, with the exception of a small handful of poems, almost completely lost until their rediscovery in the Cairo Geniza. This poem, an acrostic comparison of the days of Moses and Jeremiah, was written by Yannai to serve as part of the Musaf Ḳedushah on the first Shabbat after 17 Tammuz, on which the opening section of Jeremiah is recited. It bears structural and linguistic similarities to the later famous ḳinah Esh Tuqad. In its liturgical context, it was intended to introduce the final few verses of the Ḳedushah . Nowadays the custom of poetic inserts into the ḳedushah is nearly extinct, but the poem stands as a moving and powerful work nonetheless.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz, Tishah b'Av, Asarah b'Tevet

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43rd century A.M., 6th century C.E., phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, alphabetic mesostic, Cairo Geniza, First Shabbat of Admonition, חורבן Ḥurban, Mourning this Broken World, פיוטים piyyuṭim, קינות Ḳinōt, Shabbatot of Admonition, Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE), Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), Three Weeks of Mourning, יציאת מצרים Yetsiat Mitsrayim

Contributor(s):

Yanai haPayetan, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

כִּי בְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז | Ki b’Shivah Asar b’Tamuz, a seliḥah for the 17th of Tamuz

A penitential piyyut for the fast of the 17th of Tammuz.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Needing Attribution, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot

Contributor(s):

David Asher (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֲזַי בְּבׇגְדִי | Azai b-Vagdi — a seliḥah for 17 Tammuz (translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer)

Recited in many Sefaradi and other non-Ashkenazi rites for the seventeenth of Tammuz, this piyyuṭ, like many 17 Tammuz seliḥot, has a stanza for each of the five tragedies discussed in the mishnah. It is here included alongside an acrostic translation.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

אֲמָרֵר בְּבֶֽכִי | Amarér b-Vèkhi — a seliḥah for 17 Tammuz by Menaḥem ben Makhir (German translation by an unknown translator)

This is a transcription of “Amarer b-Vekhi,” a seliḥah for the 17th of Tammuz by Menaḥem ben Makhir. The German translation by an unknown translator can be found in סידור שפה ברורה Tägliches Gebetbuch der Israeliten für das ganze Jahr (B.L. Monasch, Krotoschin: 1845), pp. 405-407.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אמרר בבכי Amarer b-Vekhi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Unknown (translation) and Menaḥem ben Makhir

אֲמָרֵר בְּבֶֽכִי | Amarér b-Vèkhi — a seliḥah for 17 Tammuz by Menaḥem ben Makhir (English translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer)

A seliḥah for the seventeenth of Tammuz, the second piyyuṭ recited in the Eastern Ashkenazi custom for that day, written by Menachem ben Machir, an eleventh-century German paytan. This was first translated in 2005 for a summer event with the European Academy for Jewish Liturgy.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אמרר בבכי Amarer b-Vekhi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Menaḥem ben Makhir

בַּחֹֽדֶשׁ הָֽרְבִיעִי | baḤodesh haRevi’i (In the fourth month), a ḳinah for the 17th of Tamuz attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

The seliḥah with its English translation as found in Siddur Siftei Tsadiqim (The Form of Prayers) vol. 6: Seder haTefilot laTaaniyot (ed. Isaac Leeser 1838) p.107-109.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., קינות Ḳinōt, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Leeser (translation), Unknown (translation), Shlomo ibn Gabirol and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

שְׁעֵה נֶאֱסַר | Shə’éh Neèsar (Am Tage, da der Feind siegte und die Stadt erstürmte), a seliḥah by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (German translation by Isaac Seligman Baer)

This is a transcription of “Shə’éh Neèsar,” a seliḥah for the 17th of Tammuz by Shlomo ibn Gabirol and translated by Isaac Seligman Baer in הסליחות לכל השנה: לפי מנהג האשכנזים Ha-Seliḥot le-khol ha-shanah: le-fi minhag ha-Ashkenazim (1865), pp. 566-569.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, German translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Seligman Baer and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

שְׁעֵה נֶאֱסַר | Sh’eh Ne’esar — a pizmon seliḥah for 17 Tammuz by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 1050)

A seliḥah for 17 Tammuz by the great payṭan and philosopher Shlomo ibn Gabirol. This seliḥa is referred to as pizmon, meaning that (in the Ashkenazi rite) each stanza is recited aloud by the congregation followed by the shaliaḥ tzibbur. This piyyuṭ, in Ashkenazi practice, serves as the final unique seliḥa of the 17 Tammuz seliḥot. (There are other piyyutim recited as part of fast day seliḥot but they aren’t unique to 17 Tammuz.)

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

אָתָֽאנוּ לְךָ יוֹצֵר | Atanu l’Kha Yotsér (Am siebzehnten Tag des Tamuz) — a seliḥah of unknown authorship (German translation by Isaac Seligman Baer)

This is a transcription of “Atanu l’Kha Yotsér,” a seliḥah for the 17th of Tammuz of unknown authorship found in 13th century Ashkenazi manuscripts and translated by Isaac Seligman Baer in הסליחות לכל השנה: לפי מנהג האשכנזים Ha-Seliḥot le-khol ha-shanah: le-fi minhag ha-Ashkenazim (1865), pp. 558-561..

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, German translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Seligman Baer and Unknown

יוֹנָה נִכְאָבָה | Yonah Nikhavah — reshut №6 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei, by Yehudah ha-Levi

This reshut, by Yehuda haLevi, is the sixth of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is recited before the Torah Service after the public repetition of the Shaḥarit Amidah.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi

שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה | Shanah b-Shanah — reshut №5 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei

This reshut is the fifth of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is recited before Barkhu and the blessings before the Shema of the Shaḥarit service.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

לִפְדּוֹת עַם דַּל בַּגָּלוּת מוֹנַי | Lifdōt ‘Am Dal ba-Galut Monai — reshut №4 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei

This reshut is the fourth of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is recited before the Ḳaddish prior to Barkhu and the blessings before the Shema of the Shaḥarit service.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

נִשְׁמַת שְׁדוּדִים | Nishmat Shedudim — reshut №3 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei

This reshut by Shmuel (possibly Shmuel haNagid, although it is not found in his diwan) is the third of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is the third and final reshut recited before Nishmat at the outset of the Shaḥarit service.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

לוּ יִשְׁקְלוּ רֵעַי מְהוּמָתִי | Lu Yishqelu Ré’ai Mehumati — reshut №2 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei, by Levi ibn al-Tabban

This reshut by Levi ibn al-Tabban is the second of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is the second reshut recited before Nishmat at the outset of the Shaḥarit service.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Levi ibn al-Tabban

דִּבְרֵי נְבִיאִים הָעֲתִידוֹת יָדְעוּ | Divrei Neviïm ha-‘Atidot Yad’u — reshut №1 from the Old Sefaradi Tiqun for Shabbat Divrei

This is the first of six reshuyot for the first sabbath of rebuke, Shabbat Divrei, the first Sabbath of Rebuke after 17 Tammuz. It is the first reshut recited before Nishmat at the outset of the Shaḥarit service.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, רשויות reshuyot, שבת דברי Shabbat Divrei, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

אֱלֹהֵי יְשׁוּעָתֵֽנוּ | Elohei Yeshuaténu, a pizmon for 17 Tammuz attributed to the legendary Jewish Pope Andreas (translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer)

A pizmon (a seliḥah with a refrain, to be recited aloud) recited in the Sephardic rite for the seventeenth of Tammuz, Elohei Yeshuatenu, like most seliḥot for that day, features stanzas for each of the five tragedies that occurred on the day. But what’s unique about it is the legend of its author. This piyyuṭ is signed with the name Andreas, the signature of the legendary Jewish Pope Andreas, whose popular story can be found throughout the Jewish world.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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acrostic, Acrostic signature, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פזמונים pizmonim, סליחות səliḥot, Three Weeks of Mourning

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

Brich aus in lauten Klagen | Break out in loud lamenting, a qinah by Heinrich Heine (1824)

“Brich aus in lauten Klagen” by Heinrich Heine was preserved in a letter he wrote to his friend Moses Moser dated 25 October 1824. The poem is included in Heinrich Heine’s Letters on The Rabbi of Bacharach, the manuscript of which only survived in a fragment, the rest having been lost, according to Heine, in a fire. The English translation here by Nina Salaman was transcribed from her anthology, Apples & Honey (1921) where it appears under the title of “Martyr-Song,” published at an earlier date in The Jewish Chronicle.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz, Tishah b'Av

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English Translation, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, קינות Ḳinōt, rhyming translation

Contributor(s):

Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Heinrich Heine and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Am Fasttage des vierten Monats (שבעה עשר בתמוז) | For the Fast of the 17th of Tamuz, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Am Fasttage des vierten Monats” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №28 on pp. 36-37. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №28 on pp. 42-43. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №30 on pp. 45-46.

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Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

תפילה לעזרת היהודים תושבי גרמניה | Prayer for German Jewry under Nazi oppression before and after Kristallnacht (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1938)

An untitled prayer on behalf of German Jewry under Nazi oppression disseminated in Bombay, likely after Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938).

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🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz, 🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), Kristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (28-29 April)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., anti-fascist, British Empire, German Jewry, Jews of India, the Holocaust, Third Reich, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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