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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Moritz Mayer
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Purim
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57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, 19th century C.E.
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“O God! To-day our joyful song of praise,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “Feast of Esther” as Hymn 196 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 191-192. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit (translation), David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
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Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Purim, Ta'anit Esther
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תהלים Psalms, Psalms 22, Ladino Translation, Izmir, Ottoman Empire, 57th century A.M., מזמור Mizmor, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ, Ottoman Jewry, 19th century C.E.
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A Ladino translation of Psalms 22 first published in mid-19th century Izmir. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
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Purim
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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme
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“Almighty God! Thy special grace,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Feast of Esther (Pureem)” as Hymn 67 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 70-71. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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Ta'anit Esther, Purim, United Kingdom
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57th century A.M., British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, 19th century C.E., Queens, Great Britain, אל שמר המלכה, national anthems, British Commonwealth, Queen Victoria, Needing Attribution
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“God Save the Queen” is an adaptation of “God Save the King,” a work by an unknown author, first circulated by periodicals in mid-18th century England. This Hebrew translation was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892 “on the 73rd Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” an event attended by then chief rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo
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Midrash Aggadah, Purim, Purim Readings
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dreams, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., dragons, parabiblical aggadah, prophetic dreams
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The dream and prayer of Mordecai, and the prayer of Esther, as copied in the medieval pseudo-historical Chronicle of Yeraḥmiel. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
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Purim
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שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor, מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., blessings following the shema
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The poem Mi Khamokha v-Ein Khamokha, an epic retelling of the book of Esther in verse, was written for Shabbat Zakhor, the Shabbat before Purim, by the great paytan Yehuda ben Shmuel haLevi. It was originally written as a “geulah,” meant to be inserted into the prayer after the Shema in place of the verse beginning with “A new song…” But later Sephardic poskim ruled that it was forbidden to insert piyyutim into the Shema blessings, so in the communities that recite it today it is generally either read after the Full Kaddish as an introduction to the Torah service, or (for instance, in most Spanish and Portuguese communities) within the verse “Kol atzmotai tomarna” in the Nishmat prayer. Wherever you include it in your service, it’s a beautiful and intricately rhymed piyyut, and surprisingly easy to understand at that. It is presented here in a gender-neutral translation with all the Biblical verses cited, alongside a new translation that preserves the fourfold acrostic, two alphabetical and two authorial. –Isaac Gantwerk Mayer . . . |
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