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Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim

This is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לַמְּלָכִים (Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim) -- the New Year's Day for Sovereigns (Kings & Queens) -- marking the beginning of the year of many historic secular calendars including the Jewish calendar, and commencing with the first day of the month of Nisan. (Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim coincides with Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan.)

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תהלים ב׳ | Psalms 2, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 2 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 2.

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devotional interpretation, interpretive translation, kings, מוסר mussar, Psalms 2

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) and the Mesorah (TaNaKh)

אֵין אַדִּיר כַּיְיָ (מִפִּי אֵל)‏ | Ayn Adir kAdonai | לָא קָאדִּר סַוָא אַלְלָה (There is none like Allah), minhag Cairo variation with a Judeo-Arabic translation

This is a variation of Mipi El in Hebrew with a Judeo-Arabic translation found in the Seder al-Tawḥid for Rosh Ḥodesh Nissan, compiled by Mosheh Asher ibn Shmuel in 1887 in Alexandria.

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Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Shavuot, Simḥat Torah

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17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אין אדיר Ayn Adir, הקפה ד׳ fourth haḳafah, Judeo-Arabic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, via negativa, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Akiva Sanders (translation), Unknown (translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

Meditation on the Works of God, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Meditation on the works of God” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 79-82. It is not found in the US edition.

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Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Rosh Ḥodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hymns of creation, Nature, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, testament to divine reality

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפילה להתחדש | A Prayer for Renewal, by Hillel Zeitlin

This prayer by Hillel Zeitlin was published as “That We Be Reborn” with an English translation by Eugene Kohn in the Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1945) of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan. I have slightly modified Kohn’s translation by replacing thee and thou with you and your, etc. Zeitlin’s prayer is undated and likely was published earlier and elsewhere. If you have more information on the original publication of this prayer, please contact us or leave a comment.

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Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, hymns of creation, Needing citation references

Contributor(s):

Eugene Kohn, Hillel Zeitlin and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפלה על פרי אדמה | A Prayer for the Earth, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)

Rabbi Seidenberg’s Prayer for the Earth is focused on global climate disruption (aka “global warming”), healing the skies, and the original blessing of creation. The liturgy is closely based upon the sun-blessing liturgy we used April 8th 2009. It is partly based on the Sefaradi liturgy for the Ushpizin on Sukkot, and on “Pri Ets Hadar” (The Fruit of the Majestic Tree) — the first ever Tu biShvat seder, included in the 17th century mystical work, Ḥemdat Yamim (ed. Rabeinu Yakov Ben Yom Tov Algazi). The prayer was first posted at neohasid.org, here. The prayer is based on the Pri Ets Hadar, Birkat Hachodesh, Sefaradi liturgy for Sukkot, and Malakhi 4, Genesis 9:14; Psalms 36, 78, 146; Deuteronomy 32:11, 11:12.

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Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), 🌐 Earth Day (22 April), Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., earth, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, North America

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

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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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