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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
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Purim
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מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., blessings following the shema, שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor
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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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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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19th century C.E., תהלים Psalms, Ladino Translation, Izmir, Ottoman Empire, 57th century A.M., מזמור Mizmor, למנציח Lamnatseaḥ, Ottoman Jewry, Psalms 22
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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) and Unknown Author(s)
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Government & Country, Purim, Ta'anit Esther, United Kingdom
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19th century C.E., Great Britain, British Commonwealth, Queen Victoria, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Queens, אל שמר המלכה, national anthems, 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. The author of the Hebrew translation is also unknown and was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892. We are grateful to the Jewish East End of Londonwebsite for providing the source image for the transcription of this work in the Public Domain. . . . |
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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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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme
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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), 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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