Modeled after Gil Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not be Televised,” written for Passover during the pandemic (April 2020). . . .
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Contributor(s): Raysh Weiss
Shared on ב׳ בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2020-12-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Leil Pesaḥ
Tags:  liberation, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, Jewish liberation, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, liberation from mitsrayim, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, virtual community
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-05-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Sukkot, Ecotastrophes
Tags: 20th century C.E., eco-conscious, kindling, North America, candle lighting, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid 
“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . . 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Leil Pesaḥ, Sukkot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags: Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer 
Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Shared on ל׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags: 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer 
A prayer for a woman celebrating the final days of Passover yontef. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aurora Mendelsohn
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Indigenous Peoples, haggadah supplements, parashat ḥayyei sarah 
An acknowledgement that the land we are conducting our religious ceremonies on is the sacred and traditional land of Indigenous people. It involves a kavvanah and study verses as well as the land acknowledgement. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on כ״ג בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mimouna
Tags: occidental Jewry, Maghrebi Jewry, Fortune 
A Mimouna packet including havdalah, a Moroccan-rite birkat ha-ilanot, traditional study texts, and yehiretzonot. . . . 
Contributor(s): Sholomo Levy
Shared on י״ז בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, haggadah supplements, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, Black Jews, Black Israelites 
A prayer created to fill a void left by omitting the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade from the litany of persecutions that Jews have suffered over the centuries. This prayer acknowledges Jews of African descent whose ancestors were enslaved and prayers for their return. . . . 
Contributor(s): Seth (Avi) Kadish
Shared on ט״ו בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: 20th century C.E., Religious Zionism, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, post-exilic 
According to Mishnah Pesaḥim 10:4, “One expounds (doresh) from ‘A wandering Aramean was my father’ (Deuteronomy 26:5) until he finishes the whole story.” This supplement to Maggid, the verse Deuteronomy 26:9 and its midrash, fulfills the obligation. The verse and its midrash fit into the Passover Haggadah after the ten plagues and the midrash on them, right before the song Dayyenu. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jacob Chatinover (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (naqdanut), David Seidenberg and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ב׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar, Rosh Ḥodesh Tishrei, Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan
Tags: eco-conscious, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, ecoḥasid, Trees, Needing Source Images 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ג בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Pesaḥ
Tags: eco-conscious, חמץ ḥametz, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
May it be Your will Hashem that we remember that just as we do not own this ḥametz, we do not own this earth. May we once again recall that Adam, the human, is made of afar, soil, dirt, and that God’s promise Abraham that his progeny will become “like the dirt of the earth,” in Aramaic, afra d’ar’a, means that we must live to nourish all Life. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Shared on י״ד בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic 
A Passover supplement created for recitation at Passover seders in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality
Shared on ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Pesaḥ, Leil Pesaḥ, Roleplaying
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, Yetsiat Mitsrayim, liberation from mitsrayim, scripts, guided meditations 
A meditation which can be used to prepare for Pesaḥ, or for sharing at the Seder, to deepen the experience of liberation for yourself and others. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aurora Mendelsohn
Shared on א׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ד (2014-04-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: 20th century C.E., Freedom, North America, 58th century A.M., Wine, Four Cups, Four Freedoms, haggadah supplements 
Traditionally each cup in the Passover Seder is liked to a promise made by God in these verses, Exodus 6:6-7. The four cups can also be associated with the Four Freedoms first articulated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, which were an inspiration for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and were explicitly incorporated into its preamble. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ד (2014-04-09) — under the following terms: Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Symbolic Foods
Tags: symbolic foods, ḥaroset, Jewish Renewal, סגולות segulot, haggadah supplements 
There it sits on the Seder plate: ḥaroset, a delicious paste of chopped nuts, chopped fruits, spices, and wine. So the question would seem obvious: “Why is there ḥaroset on the Seder plate?” That’s the most secret Question at the Seder – so secret nobody even asks it. And it’s got the most secret answer: none. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Lieba B. Ruth
Shared on ט״ו בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Sefirat ha'Omer
Tags: eco-conscious, barley, wheat, counting, growing, apprehension, watchfulness, trepidation, growth, ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic, ספירת העומר sfirat haomer, ספירות sephirot 
Each day between the beginning of Passover and Shavuot gets counted, 49 days in all, 7 weeks of seven days. That makes the omer period a miniature version of the Shmitta and Yovel (Jubilee) cycle of 7 cycles of seven years. Just as that cycle is one of resetting society’s clock to align ourselves with freedom and with the needs of the land, this cycle too is a chance to align ourselves with the rhythms of spring and the spiritual freedom represented by the Torah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Ilana Streit
Shared on כ״ט באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: Passover seder, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, מה נשתנה Mah Nishtanah, Black Lives Matter 
A playful, powerful, passionate reading for Passover seder or any time. Can be chanted to the traditional Ashkenazi lilt for the Four Questions. . . . 
Contributor(s): Jonah Rank
Shared on י״ח בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, אושפיזין ushpizin, פיוטים piyyutim, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, נרצה Nirtsah, מה נאכל בסעודה הזו, eschaton, mythical feasts 
A litany of mythical guests and creatures presenting at the Passover seder. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Seril Rappaport
Shared on א׳ בתמוז ה׳תשע״ו (2016-07-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, Rosh Hashanah, Mourning, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)
Tags: תחינות tkhines, יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical yizkor 
“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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin
Shared on י״ד בניסן ה׳תשע״ב (2012-04-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: Miriam, Passover seder, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psychopomp, Passover, Jewish Feminist Prayers, Prayers as poems, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi 
We lift Miriam’s cup, Dancing prophet celebrating the world that is now. And we tell God we are grateful For the water from the earth that was Miriam’s gift, Welcome necessity, On God’s behalf. Miriam announces joy! And teaches us to save ourselves. Miriam, the bringer of mercy, There’s no prayer for her in the haggadah— So make one up! . . . 
Contributor(s): Elijah's Journey and Oren Steinitz
Shared on ה׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ה (2015-03-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: North America, suicide prevention, community support, still small voice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Eliyahu HaNavi, Psychopomp, haggadah supplements, suicide, suicide awareness, Needing Vocalization 
Although God often speaks to humanity in the rumble of earthquakes, the roaring of wind and the thunder of storms, God spoke to Elijah, instead, in a still small voice. And, it was the nurturing power of the still small voice that slowly gave Elijah the courage and strength to be able to peek out of his deep abyss. On this night when we welcome Elijah to join our celebration, we acknowledge those who are so pained that they cannot fully celebrate, for joy eludes them. Although we may witness their physical wound with our eyes, we must also find ways to become attuned to their spiritual hurt and their emotional despair. The blood from the wound in their heart may not be visible and the cry in the depth of their throat may not be audible unless we train ourselves to attend to them. But, they are there. Our challenge is see and hear the pain of those whose depression affects their lives. Our response does not have to be bold in order to make a difference. A still small voice can transform a frown into a smile. A caring whisper that says, “I care” can raise a stooped head. A tender embrace can provide salve to a soul racked with pain. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Shared on ח׳ באדר ב׳ ה׳תשע״ו (2016-03-17) — under the following terms: Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: ײדיש Yiddish, זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Prague, Needing Attribution 
Making sense of Ḥad Gadya beyond its explicit meaning has long inspired commentary. For me, Ḥad Gadya expresses in its own beautiful and macabre way a particularly important idea in Judaism that has become obscure if not esoteric. While an animal’s life may today be purchased, ultimately, the forces of exploitation, predation, and destruction that dominate our world will be overturned. Singing Ḥad Gadya is thus particularly apropos for the night of Passover since, in the Jewish calendar, this one night, different from all other nights, is considered the most dangerous night of the year — it is the time in which the forces of darkness in the world are strongest. Why? It is on this night that the divine aspect of Mashḥit, the executioner, is explicitly invoked (albeit, only in the context of the divine acting as midwife and guardian/protector of her people), as explained in the midrash for Exodus 12:12 . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ב בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Ladino Translation, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judezmo, Judeo-Spanish, Needing Attribution 
A Judezmo/Ladino translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ג בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Tamaziɣt, Needing Attribution 
A Judeo-Berber translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ב בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Arabic, Baghdad, Needing Attribution 
A Judeo-Arabic translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . 
Contributor(s): Eden miQedem
Shared on ט׳ בסיון ה׳תשע״ט (2019-06-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Syria, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Arabic translation, נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Arabic, Damascus, Needing Attribution 
An Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya in its Syrian Jewish Damascus variation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, Shimon ben Eliyahu Hakham and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ו בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Tajik, Bukharan Jewry, Bukhori, Needing Attribution 
A Judeo-Tajik translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ל׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-05-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, counting, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Yiddish translation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Prague, counting songs, Aramaic translation 
The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in its original Hebrew and Yiddish, with a translation in English. . . . Shared on א׳ באייר ה׳תשע״ט (2019-05-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: זמירות zemirot, counting, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, counting songs, Aramaic translation The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in Hebrew set side-by-side with an Aramaic translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט״ו בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, English vernacular prayer, English piyyutim, אדיר הוא Adir Hu 
Adir Hu, a classic Pesaḥ song if ever there was one, is a part of Seder tables all over the planet. Its alphabetical list of God’s attributes, combined with its repeated pleas for a return to Jerusalem, make it a classic, to the point where the traditional German farewell greeting for Passover was not “chag sameach” or “gut yontef” but “bau gut” – build well. This interpretation, while not a direct translation by any means, has the same rhythmic pattern and alphabetical structure, giving a sense of the greatness of God. . . . 
Contributor(s): Jonah Rank and Fradji Sawat
Shared on י״ז בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Béja, Tunisia 
A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile. . . . Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ
Tags: Freedom, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedek tsedek tirdof We are hereby ready to fulfill our obligation of K’vod Habriot, respect for the dignity of every human being. We pray that our fellow citizens shall not be the source of suffering in others. We commit ourselves to raise our voices in support of universal human rights, to know the heart of the stranger, and to feel compassion for those whose humanity is denied. May our compassion lead us to fight for justice. Blessed is the Source of Life, who redeemed our ancestors from Egypt and brought us together this night of Passover to tell the story of freedom. May God bring us security and peace, enabling us to celebrate together year after year. Praised are you, Source of Righteousness, who redeems the world and loves justice and freedom. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on כ״ו באייר ה׳תש״ע (2010-05-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan
Tags: water cycle, eco-conscious, North America, Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, North American Jewry 
Geshem and tal: rain and dew. We pray for each in its season, geshem all winter and tal as summer approaches…not everywhere, necessarily, but in the land of Israel where our prayers have their roots. In a desert climate, water is clearly a gift from God. It’s easy for us to forget that, here with all of this rain and snow. But our liturgy reminds us. Through the winter months, during our daily amidah we’ve prayed “mashiv ha-ruach u-morid ha-gashem” — You cause the winds to blow and the rains to fall! We only pray for rain during the rainy season, because it is frustrating both to us and to God when we pray for impossibilities. . . . 
Contributor(s): Miri Landau (translation), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Eliyah ben Shlomo Avraham haKohen
Shared on ו׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-02-20) — under the following terms: Categories: Kosher Slaughter, Erev Pesaḥ, Taking a life
Tags: בהמות behemot, Lurianic Kabbalah, 55th century A.M., Lurianic, 18th Century C.E., school of the ARI z"l, Ottoman Jewry, Smyrna, sheḥitah, domesticated animals, gilgulei nefashot, transmigration of souls, reincarnation, Mazal Taleh, post-Temple animal slaughter, gilgul hanefesh, gilgul 
This is a kavvanah for kosher slaughterers to say prior to the blessing over sheḥitah, first published in the early 18th century, and composed within the school of the ARI z”l. . . . 
Contributor(s): Ruth H. Sohn
Shared on ט״ז באדר ה׳תשע״ז (2017-03-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags: 20th century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., Az Yashir, Opening Prayers, Jewish Women's Prayers, Prayers for Praying, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Prayers before Prayer 
“The Song of Miriam” by Rabbi Ruth Sohn was first published as “I Shall Sing to the Lord a New Song,” in Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim, Reconstructionist Prayerbook, 1989, 1995 Second Edition. Reconstructionist Press, pp. 768-769. (This poem was also published in several haggadot and other books and set to music by several composers in the U.S. and Israel.) Rabbi Sohn wrote the poem in 1981 as a rabbinical student after immersing herself in the Torah verses and the traditional midrashim about Miriam, and after writing a longer modern midrash about Miriam. Part of this modern midrash was published as “Journeys,” in All the Women Followed Her, ed. Rebecca Schwartz (Rikudei Miriam Press, 2001). . . . 
Contributor(s): Joshua Boettiger and T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Shared on ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-11) — under the following terms: Categories: Prayers During Public Readings of the Tanakh, Shaḥarit l'Pesaḥ, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: slavery, North America, human trafficking, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Vocalization 
We are grateful to Rabbi Joshua Boettinger and Rabbis for Human Rights–North America (RHR-NA) for sharing the following petitionary prayer, A Misheberakh for Victims of Slavery. Originally published by RHR-NA on their website in 2009, the prayer attends to the desperate need to eradicate all forms of slavery that persist today, especially in advance of the holiday celebrating our Z’man Cheruteinu, the season of our freedom, every Spring, every Pesaḥ. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady, R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ, Parashat b'Shalaḥ, Pesaḥ Readings
Tags: symplegades, Az Yashir, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, conflicting messages, safe passage, Yom Vayosha 
According to Rabbinic tradition, the 21st of Nissan is the day in the Jewish calendar on which Pharaoh’s army was drowned in the Sea of Reeds, and the redeemed children of Yisrael sang the Song of the Sea, the (Shirat Hayam, Exodus 15:1-19). The song, as included in the the morning prayers, comprises one of the most ancient text in Jewish liturgy. The 21st of Nissan corresponds to the 7th day of Passover, and the recitation of the Shirat HaYam is part of the daily Torah Reading. Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery shares a performance of a melody he learned for the Shirat Hayam from צוף דבש Tzuf Devash, a Moroccan synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. If there is something about this tune that strikes one as particularly celebratory, it might be because the relationship between G!d and the Jewish people is traditionally described as a marriage consummated with the Covenant at Mt. Sinai. The passage of Bnei Yisrael through the Sea of Reeds towards Mt. Sinai thus begins a bridal march commencing in the theophany at Mt. Sinai, 42 days later. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ב באייר ה׳תשע״ב (2012-05-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, Ḥanukkah, Shavuot, Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72), Shabbat, Sukkot, Sefirat ha'Omer, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: acrostic, labyrinth, cyclical, barley, wheat, first fruits, anxiety, Psalms 67, raḥav, shalmah, a red ribbon, walled cities, captives, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic 
Psalm 67 is a priestly blessing for all the peoples of the earth to be sustained by the earth’s harvest (yevulah), and it is a petition that all humanity recognize the divine nature (Elohim) illuminating the world. Composed of seven verses, the psalm is often visually depicted as a seven branched menorah. There are 49 words in the entire psalm, and in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l there is one word for each day of the Sefirat haOmer. Similarly, the fifth verse has 49 letters and each letter can be used as a focal point for meditating on the meaning of the day in its week in the journey to Shavuot, the festival of weeks (the culmination of the barley harvest), and the festival of oaths (shevuot) in celebration of receiving the Torah. Many of the themes of Psalm 67 are repeated in the prayer Ana b’Koaḥ, which also has 49 words, and which are also used to focus on the meaning of each day on the cyclical and labyrinthine journey towards Shavuot. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט״ו באייר ה׳תשע״ז (2017-05-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Pesaḥ Sheni
Tags: acrostic, English Translation, North America, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
A piyyut for an under-recognized holiday, Pesaḥ Sheni, the festival of second chances (as described in Numbers 9:6-13 and Mishnah Pesaḥim 9:1-3. I attempted to write this in the manner of a traditional piyyut. The meter is equivalent to the Shabbat zamir “Ot Hi l’Olmei Ad.” The Hebrew spells out Yod – Tzadi – Ḥet – Kuf, because that’s my name. The translation is original, along with the notes. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Symbolic Foods
Tags: symbolic foods, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, cup of miriam, leeks, beets, miriam's fish, oranges, turnip peels, Maxwell House coffee 
Additional symbolic foods arranged on a second seder plate. . . . |
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