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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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Sündenbekenntnis (Widduj) | A prayer upon completing the Vidui on Yom Kippur, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

This untitled prayer by Lise Tarlau for concluding the vidui prayers on Yom Kippur (“Sündenbekenntnis. (Widduj.)”) can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 217-218. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, paraliturgical vidui, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German, וידוי vidui

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Feldmesten or Measuring the Graves, a poem by Alter Abelson (1913)

“Feldmesten or Measuring the Graves” by Alter Abelson, appears in the section “The Modern Period” in The Standard Book of Jewish Verse (Joseph Friedlander and George Alexander Kohut, 1917), pp. 698-699. The poem may have first been published in the 26 September 1913 edition of the Hebrew Standard, p.10. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English poetry, פעלד־מעסטען feldmesten, memento mori, ḳever mesten

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Alter Abelson and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Day of God, Leopold Stein’s “O Tag des Herrn!” (1840) adapted from Frederick Lucian Hosmer’s translation (1904) as a hymn for Yom Kippur by Angie Irma Cohon (1921)

Angie Irma Cohon’s “Day of God” is a hymn for Yom Kippur, an abbreviated adaptation of “O Tag des Herrn!,” a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein, translated from German to English by Frederick Lucian Hosmer. Cohon’s abridged rendering is published in תפלת ישראל (Tefilat Yisrael) A Brief Jewish Ritual (Women of Miẓpah 1921), p. 20. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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

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

The Child’s Al Ḥet, by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach (1924)

This prayer for “The Child’s Al Chet” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 124-126. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children's prayers, English vernacular prayer, וידוי vidui

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Abraham Cronbach and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

“Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin,” a prayer-poem by Miriam del Banco (1932)

The prayer-poem ““Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin”” by Miriam del Banco (1858-1931) was included in her posthumously published anthology, Poetry and Prose (1932), p. 94-95. . . .

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Hoshana Rabba

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English poetry, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems, תשובה teshuvah, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

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Miriam del Banco and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for all Jewish Communities in Germany for the Eve of the Day of Atonement, by Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (10 October 1935)

This is the prayer which Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck had disseminated to Jewish communities throughout Germany to recite on Yom Kippur, 10 October 1935. The German text here is as found in the archival notes of Helmut Grünewald, Ein Judenjunge durfte kein Deutscher sein (Bristol, 1998), pp. 20-21 in the collection of the Leo Baeck Institute. The English translation is as published by Dr. Michael Meyer in Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times (2020), pp. 106-107. . . .

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Kristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan), 🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), 🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., עמידה amidah, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, standing meditation, Third Reich, Yom Kippur

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Leo Baeck and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Children’s] Prayer for Shabbat Teshuvah, by Lilian Helen Montagu (27 September 1941)

This “Prayer for Service” on Shabbat Teshuvah (27 September 1941) by the Hon. Lily H. Montagu (1873-1963) from the archives of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, was published in, Lily Montagu: Sermons, Addresses, Letters, and Prayers (ed. Ellen M. Umansky, 1985), pp. 350-351. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Jewry, children's prayers, English vernacular prayer, שבת תשובה Shabbat Teshuvah, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

סליחה לימים הנוראים | Seliḥah for the Days of Awe, by Rabbi Ben-Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel

This . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, days of awe, Needing citation references, Needing Translation (into English), ישראל Yisrael

Contributor(s):

Ben Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Open Door of the Heart, a prayer by Rabbi Morrison David Bial (1962)

“The Open Door of the Heart” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), pp. 43-44, from where this prayer was transcribed. . . .

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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Hoshana Rabba

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., exhortation, Prayers for Praying, רשות reshut, self-care, תשובה teshuvah, תוכחות tokheḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Morrison David Bial and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Atonement Prayer, by Lilian Helen Montagu

This undated “Atonement Prayer” by the Hon. Lily H. Montagu (1873-1963) from the archives of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, was published in, Lily Montagu: Sermons, Addresses, Letters, and Prayers (ed. Ellen M. Umansky, 1985), p. 352. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, סליחות səliḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for those who must eat for the safety of their life, as found in Torat ha-Yoledet (Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein 1983)

This is a kavvanah (intention) for anyone in a desperate circumstance of needing to eat or drink for their mortal health, to do so with the full confidence that they are fulfilling a mitsvah required for them in the Torah, to preserve their life. The kavvanah was related by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein in his Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357 (pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989), “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (as “copied from an old maḥzor”). Unfortunately, we can’t provide a more direct reference to this maḥzor. If you know, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .

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Yom Kippur

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fasting, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), כוונות kavvanot, Needing Attribution, פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh

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Yitzchok Zilberstein, Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for military personnel on active service (IDF 2017)

This is a kavvanah (intention) distributed beginning in 2017 for Jewish soldiers on active service during Yom Kippur to use before eating or drinking a limited amount of nourishment in order to sustain their attention and readiness. The text of the prayer here is that which was distributed by Rabbi Captain Udi Schwartz, head of the chief rabbi for Tsahal (IDF), and published by Arutz 7. The kavvanah is derived from one published in 1983 by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein for those who, due to their state of health, must eat or drink in order to live (find Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357; pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989). That kavvanah, according to Rabbi Zilberstein was, “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (“copied from an old maḥzor”). . . .

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Yom Kippur, Military Personnel & Veterans

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., fasting, צה״ל IDF, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), כוונות kavvanot, Nusaḥ TsaHaL, פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh

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Unknown, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

כַּפָּרוֹת | Kaparōt (using money dedicated for charity), the ritual for the expiation of offenses before Yom Kippur

The ritual of kaparot using a bundle of money dedicated for tsedaqah. . . .

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Kaparōt, Yom Kippur

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Angels as advocates, atonement, expiation, כפרות kaparot, Needing Source Images, redemptive almsgiving, צדקה tsedaqah

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Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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