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This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for Yom haKippurim (the Day of Expiation), the second of the three Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe).

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אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת | Adon haSeliḥot, a pizmon for Seliḥot and Yom Kippur with an alphabetic acrostic translation by Rabbi David de Sola Pool (1937)

An alphabetic acrostic pizmon for seliḥot and Yom Kippur with an alphabetic acrostic English translation. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, אדון הסליחות Adon haSeliḥot, Alphabetic Acrostic, free translation, פזמונים pizmonim, סליחות səliḥot

Contributor(s):

David de Sola Pool, Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֲדוֹן הַסְּלִיחוֹת | Adon haSeliḥot (Lord of Forgiveness), a pizmon for Seliḥot and Yom Kippur

A pizmon in the nusaḥ hasepharadim recited at Seliḥot during the monh of Elul and Yom Kippur. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, אדון הסליחות Adon haSeliḥot, Alphabetic Acrostic, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, פזמונים pizmonim, סליחות səliḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

Contributor(s):

the Masorti Movement in Israel, Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַיּוֹם תְּאַמְּצֵנוּ | haYom T’amtseinu, a piyyut for the end of musaf on Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur

The full text of the alphabetic mesostic piyyut, Hayom, according to the Italian nusaḥ. . . .

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur

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alphabetic mesostic, היום תאמצנו Hayom T'amtsenu, Musaf Rosh Hashanah, Musaf Yom Kippur, פיוטים piyyuṭim

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Ben Ḳodesh l’Ḥol, a piyyut attributed to Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah ibn Ghayyat (rhymed translation by Alice Lucas, 1898)

A rhymed translation of the piyyut sung following the Havdallah ritual. . . .

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Yom Kippur, Motsei Shabbat

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol, הבדלות havdalot, נעילה‎ neilah, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation

Contributor(s):

Alice Lucas (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Ben Ḳodesh l’Ḥol, a piyyut attributed to Yitsḥaq ben Yehudah ibn Ghayyat (German translation by Franz Rosenzweig 1921)

The text of the piyyut, “HaMavdil,” with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig. . . .

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Yom Kippur, Motsei Shabbat

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, German translation, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol, paraliturgical havdalah, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Franz Rosenzweig (translation), Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֲֽדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כׇל־תַּאֲוָתִי | Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati, a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi (early 12th c.) rhyming translation by Alice Lucas (1894)

A rhyming English translation of the piyyut Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati. . . .

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Morning Baqashot, Yom Kippur

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12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation

Contributor(s):

Alice Lucas (translation), Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

כִּי הִנֵּה כַּחֹֽמֶר | Ki Hineh Kaḥomer, rhymed translation by Alice Lucas (1898)

A rhyming translation of the pizmon for maariv on Yom Kippur. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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12th century C.E., 50th century A.M.

Contributor(s):

Alice Lucas (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תחנה פאר די ליכט מאכין אום ערב יום כפור | Tkhine for Candlemaking on Erev Yom Kippur, by Sarah bat Tovim (ca. early 18th c.)

This is the tkhine for candlemaking on erev Yom Kippur as found in Sarah bat Tovim’s Tkhine of Three Gates, likely written by her sometime in the early 18th century. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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18th century C.E., 55th century A.M., candles, erev yom kippur, פעלד־מעסטען feldmesten, Jewish Women's Prayers, memento mori, ḳever mesten, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, ימים נוראים yamim noraim, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Tracy Guren Klirs (translation), Sarah bat Tovim and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Exhortacion | Exhortation of Ḥakham Ishak Nieto (1740)

An exhortation given by Ḥakham Ishak Nieto published before his translation of the Sliḥot, in Spanish with English translation by Isaac Pinto (1766). . . .

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Rosh Ḥodesh Elul (אֶלוּל)

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18th century C.E., 55th century A.M., exhortation, Openers, סליחות səliḥot, תשובה teshuvah, תוכחות tokheḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Isaac Pinto (translation), Ishac Nieto and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תחנה אמהות | Prayer for Yizkor, from the Tkhine of the Matriarchs by Seril Rappaport (ca. 18th century)

“Tkhine of the Matriarchs for Yizkor on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Yamim Tovim” by Rebbetsin Seril Rappaport is a faithful transcription of her tkhine included in “תחנה אמהות מן ראש חודש אלול” (Tkhine of the Matriarchs for the New Moon of Elul) published in Vilna, 1874, as re-published in The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni. . . .

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Shavuot, Mourning, Shemini Atseret, Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

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18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Paraliturgical yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s):

Seril Rappaport and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Penitential Days, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Prayer for the Penitential Days” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 90-91. It is not found in the US edition. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical seliḥot, סליחות səliḥot, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Meditation for the Penitential Days, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Meditation for the Penitential Days” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 88-90. It is not found in the US edition. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical seliḥot, סליחות səliḥot

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Eternal Love is Thine, a hymn for Yom Kippur by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“Eternal love is Thine,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first publishedin 1842, appears under the subject “Day of Atonement: Yom HaKippureem” as Hymn 62 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 64. . . .

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Yom Kippur, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, תשובה teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Caroline de Litchfield Harby, Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

My Heart is Bared to Thee, Oh Lord – a hymn for Yom Kippur by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“My heart is bared to thee, oh Lord,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Day of Atonement (Yome Hakipureem)” as Hymn 61 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 63-64. . . .

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Yom Kippur, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Lord of the World! When I Behold – a hymn for Yom Kippur by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“Lord of the world! when I behold ,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Day of Atonement (Yome Hakipureem)” as Hymn 63 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 64-65. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Evening of the Day of Atonement (נעילה), by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement in the final service of Yom Kippur at sunset. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Prayer] for the Day of Atonement, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement on Yom Kippurim. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Penitential Prayer, by Rabbi Sabato Morais (October 1867)

This penitential prayer dated “Tishri 5628 [October 1867]” was offered in conclusion to “A Penitential Sermon” reprinted in The Jewish Messenger on 25 November 1867. It was preserved by Rabbi Morais in his ledger (page 34, clipping 041), an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. (Many thanks to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania for helping to make this resource accessible.) . . .

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Yom Kippur, Hoshana Rabba, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Philadelphia, Ḳ.Ḳ. Miḳveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), סליחות səliḥot, תשובה teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Sabato Morais and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

פעלד־מעסטען | Feldmesten | Measuring of the Graves, a prayer-poem by Morris Rosenfeld (before 1898)

This is the poem “פעלד־מעסטען” by Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923) written before 1898. We have transcribed the poem as it was published in Rosenfeld’s collection of poems Gezamelṭe lieder (1906) pp. 135-136. The poem was romanized and translated into English by Leo Wiener and published under the title, “The Measuring of the Graves” in Songs from the Ghetto (1898), pp. 46-49. A rhyming translation by Rose Pastor Stokes & Helena Frank under the title, “Measuring of the Graves” was published in Songs of Labor and Other Poems (1914), pp. 70-71. If you know the date of the earliest publication of this prayer, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, פעלד־מעסטען feldmesten, Prayers as poems, rhyming translation, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Helena Frank (translation), Rose Pastor Stokes (translation), Leo Wiener (translation), Morris Rosenfeld and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

O Day of God, an English translation of Leopold Stein’s paraliturgical Kol Nidrei “O Tag des Herrn!” by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1904)

“O Tag des Herrn!” is a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein. Here it is translated from German to English by the Unitarian minister Frederick Lucian Hosmer on behalf of the Reform rabbi Isaac S. Moses. Hosmer’s translation appears in Hymns and Anthems for Jewish Worship (ed. Isaac S. Moses, 1904), hymn №107 pp. 69-71. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Translation, German vernacular prayer, hymns, O Tag des Herrn, paraliturgical kol nidrei

Contributor(s):

Frederick Lucian Hosmer, Leopold Stein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "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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