This is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, the ninth month in the Jewish calendar. Click here to contribute a public reading you have written or selected for Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev. Filter resources by Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category
Before potatoes entered the diet of Ashkenazi Jews, latkes were cheese pancakes, or cassola, as described in the poem “Even Boḥan” (Touchstone) by Rabbi Kalonymus b, Kalonymus ben Meir. . . .
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֺדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵו (“Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev”) which appeared in תחנות מקרא קודש (Teḥinot Miqra Qodesh, Widow and Brothers Romm, Vilna 1877). English translation adapted slightly from Techinas: A Voice from the Heart “As Only A Woman Can Pray” by Rivka Zakutinsky (Aura Press, 1992). –A.N. Varady . . .
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., in the merit of our ancestors, Leah, MAZAL QESHET, new moon, paraliturgical birkat haḥodesh, paraliturgical teḥinot, REUVEN, שבת מבורכים shabbat mevorkhim, תחינות teḥinot, THE HUNTER, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer
Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman introduced the tradition of reading these verses from Isaiah during the month of Kislev through the end of Ḥanukkah in his Siddur Ha’Avodah Shebalev of Kehillat Kol HaNeshamah (R’ Levi Weiman-Kelman, R’ Ma’ayan Turner, and Shaul Vardi, 2007). The translation provided here was adapted from the one made by Shaul Vardi in Siddur Ha’Avodah Shebalev. –Aharon Varady. . . .
A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month. . . .
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