Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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

In the Northern Hemisphere of planet Earth, Nisan marks the beginning of the Spring season, the end of the wet season and the onset of the “dry” season. Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan also coincides with 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.

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תפילה הנשיא | Yehi Ratson for the first twelve days of the month of Nisan, by Rabbi Yosef Yaakov Sabatka of Dubno (ca. late 17th c.)

During the first twelve days of Nissan, there is a custom to read the portions about the twelve tribal princes who brought offerings and gifts to the holy Sanctuary. Miraculously without consulting with each other, they each brought the same gifts, but with different intentions. When we read these offerings followed by this prayer, our souls can connect to these tribes, even though we may not descend from these tribes directly (genealogically-speaking). . . .

Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

Tags: 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, Lurianic Kabbalah, Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l

Contributor(s): Yehudis Fishman and Yosef Yosḳe of Dubno

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. . . .

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

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

Contributor(s): Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֺדֶשׁ נִיסָן | Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (1877)

The paraliturgical tkhine for the new month of Nissan read on the shabbat preceding the new moon during the blessing over new month. . . .

Categories: Shabbat Məvorkhim, Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Aries, Leah, Mazal Taleh, naḥshon ben aminadav, new moon, paraliturgical birkat haḥodesh, paraliturgical teḥinot, שבת מבורכים shabbat mevorkhim, Shevet Yehudah, תחינות teḥinot, the first month, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

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

בִּרְכַּת הָאִילָנוֹת | The Blessing of Flowering Fruit Trees in the Spring Season in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

When the spring (Aviv) season arrives, a blessing is traditionally said when one is in view of at least two flowering fruit trees. In the northern hemisphere, it can be said anytime through the end of the month of Nissan (though it can still be said in Iyar). For those who live in the southern hemisphere, the blessing can be said during the month of Tishrei. . . .

Categories: the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Pesaḥ, Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן), Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar (אִיָּר), Rosh Ḥodesh Tishrei (תִּשְׁרֵי), Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן)

Tags: eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, four worlds, Needing Source Images, Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, school of the ARI z"l, Trees

Contributor(s): Jacob Chatinover (translation), David Seidenberg, Unknown Author(s), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

A blessing for announcing the new moon of Nisan, for Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, and for the whole month. . . .

Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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

Contributor(s): Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Mazal for Nisan - Lamb /Taleh (a/k/a Aries) from Sefer Evronot (Halberstadt 1716) by Pinchas ben Avraham Halevi (SeGaL)

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