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Taanit Esther

Taanit Esther

This is an archive of prayers written for, or relevant to, תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר Ta'anit Esther (the Fast of Esther) on the day preceding the festival of Purim.

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קרובות לתענית אסתר | Ḳerovot for Taanit Esther by Yosef ibn Abitur (ca. 10th c.) with other seliḥot arranged by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

The poetic genre known as qerovot, brief poems woven throughout the repetition of the weekday Amidah, is nowadays most closely associated with Elazar haḲalir’s Purim “Ḳrovetz“, a majestically interwoven piece of piyyut if ever there was one. But there are many other ḳerovot that have historically been recited, many of which were discovered in the Cairo Geniza. This set of ḳerovot, composed by the prolific Spanish paytan Yosef ibn Abitur, is meant to be included within the Shaḥarit amidah for Ta’anit Esther, the fast day before Purim. Consequently, it only goes up to the sixth blessing (the blessing for forgiveness) and concludes by leading directly into Seliḥot, which (before R. Yosef Karo’s standardization of the liturgy, and even now among some Western Ashkenazim) were inserted into the aforementioned blessing. In order to demonstrate this structure on a large scale, the editor here has compiled a full Shaḥarit repetition, nusaḥ Ashkenaz, incorporating the qerovot of Yosef ibn Abitur as well as the three seliḥot piyyutim of the Ashkenazi rite.

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, Cairo Geniza, fasting, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah, סליחות səliḥot

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Yosef ibn Abitur and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אַתָּה הָאֵל עוֹשֵׂה פְלָאוֹת | Atah ha-El Oseh Fela’ot, a seliḥah for Taanit Esther by Shimon bar Isaac (ca. 10th c.)

An alphabetic acrostic seliḥah piyyut for Taanit Esther in Hebrew with English translation

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10th century C.E., 48th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Cairo Geniza, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot

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Shimon bar Yitsḥaq of Mainz and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אָדָם בְּקוּם עָלֵֽינוּ | Adam B’qum ‘Alenu, a seliḥah for Taanit Esther by Menaḥem ben Makhir (ca. 11th c.)

An alphabetic acrostic seliḥah piyyut for Taanit Esther in Hebrew with English translation

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

Contributor(s):

Menaḥem ben Makhir and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר | BiM’tei Mispar, a seliḥah for Taanit Esther by Meshullam ben Ḳalonymus (11th c.)

A reverse alphabetic acrostic seliḥah piyyut for Taanit Esther in Hebrew with English translation

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

Contributor(s):

Meshullam ben Ḳalonymus and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "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)

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