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Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

This is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, the ninth month in the Jewish calendar.

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תפילה לחודש כסלו עד סוף חנוכה | Prayer for the month of Kislev through the end of Ḥanukkah (from Isaiah 60), by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman

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. . . .

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כבוד kavod, Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, South Jerusalem

Contributor(s): Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation), Yeshayahu ben Amōts and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

בְּכִסְלֵו – מאבן בֹחן | On Kislev, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322)

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. . . .

Categories: Ḥanukkah, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

Tags: 14th century C.E., 51st century A.M., anti-predatory, dairy foods, Even Boḥan, Late Middle Ages, Megillat Antiokhus, Megillat Yehudit, the Rainbow

Contributor(s): Susan Weingarten (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir

תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ כִּסְלֵו | Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (1877)

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 . . .

Categories: Shabbat Məvorkhim, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

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

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month. . . .

Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s): Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Mazal for Kislev (Keshet, a/k/a Sagittarius) from Sefer Evronot (Halberstadt 1716) by Pinchas ben Avraham Halevi (SeGaL)

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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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