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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:  Sefirat ha'Omer, Nirtsah
Tags:  eco-conscious, barley, wheat, counting, growing, apprehension, watchfulness, trepidation, growth, ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic, ספירת העומר sefirat 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): Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater
Shared on י״א בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Magid
Tags: Ladino Translation, פתיחות Petiḥot, invitation 
This is Ha Laḥma Anya in Aramaic with translations in Ladino and English, from the Passover Seder Haggadah of Rabbi Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater, Haggadah Shir Geulah (2015, v.2.1/2016). . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on י׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: Avraham Avinu, Judeo-Arabic, Tunisia, the Furnace, Djerba 
The ancient Jewish community of Djerba, an island off the coast of southern Tunisia, has many unique customs and practices. Among them is that during the Maggid, after the citation of Joshua 24:2-4 and before the paragraph beginning “Praise the One who keep faith with the people Israel,” an extensive work in Judeo-Tunisian Arabic is recited, telling the well-known story of Abraham’s realization of divine unity and his ordeal in the oven of fire. Here is a transcript of that text, vocalized according to the original manuscripts, transcribed, and translated into English and modern Hebrew. . . . 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: Magid
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): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Yanai haPayetan
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, 5th century C.E., 43rd century A.M., אז רוב נסים Az rov nisim 
The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Elazar ben Killir
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, 7th century C.E., 44th century A.M., אומץ גבורתיך Omets G'vuratekha 
The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ד (2014-04-09) — under the following terms: Categories: Symbolic Foods, Shulḥan Orekh
Tags: symbolic foods, חרוסת ḥaroset, Jewish Renewal, סגולות segulot, haggadah supplements, recipes 
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): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Barekh
Tags: 20th century C.E., water, 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, water protectors, In the merit of Miriam, water is life 
Rabbi Yosi son of Rabbi Yehuda says: “Three good sustainers arose for Israel. These are they: Moses and Aaron and Miriam. And three good gifts were given because of them, and these are they: well, and cloud, and manna. The well was given in merit of Miriam… Miriam died and the well ceased, as it is written (Numbers 20:1-2) “And Miriam died there,” and it says right afterwards “and there was no water for the community.” . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Barekh
Tags: 20th century C.E., symbolic foods, השואה the Shoah, 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, the Holocaust, haggadah supplements, shfokh ḥamatkha
Pearl Benisch… remembers Passover in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in the spring of 1945, just days before her liberation. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Shulḥan Orekh
Tags: 20th century C.E., symbolic foods, 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, inclusion, LGBTQ, inclusion and exclusion, oranges
In the early 1980s, while speaking at Oberlin College Hillel, Susannah Heschel was introduced to an early feminist haggadah that suggested adding a crust of bread on the seder plate, as a sign of solidarity with Jewish lesbians (suggesting that there’s as much room for a lesbian in Judaism as there is for a crust of bread on the seder plate). Heschel felt that to put bread on the seder plate would be to accept that Jewish lesbians and gay men violate Judaism like ḥamets violates Passover. So, at her next seder, she chose an orange as a symbol of inclusion of gays and lesbians and others who are marginalized within the Jewish community. She offered the orange as a symbol of the fruitfulness for all Jews when lesbians and gay men are contributing and active members of Jewish life. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Shulḥan Orekh
Tags: symbolic foods, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, 3rd century C.E., beets, 41st century A.M.
The color of beets, which never leaves our hands, symbolizes the teachings of the sages, which are still passed down. And the redness symbolizes the blood of the covenant, still there after all these years. . . . 
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, Magid, 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 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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: Magid, Modern Miscellany
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): 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: Ḳadesh, 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): 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: Magid
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 
Modeled after Gil Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not be Televised,” written for Passover during the pandemic (April 2020). . . . 
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: Magid, 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): 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, Magid
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): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ד׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: Yemenite Jewry, Four Questions 
In Yemenite practice, directly after the four questions are recited the youngest literate person at the table reads a brief Judeo-Arabic passage, here transcribed per the Yemenite transliteration system (wherein gimel dagesh = j and qof = g) and translated into Arabic and Hebrew. Instructional notes say this passage is “for the benefit of women and toddlers,” the two main classes of people who would have not had access to Hebrew education at the time. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ה׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḳadesh
Tags: Yemenite Jewry, Geonic prayers, 9th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Needing Source Images
Rav Saadia Gaon lists three additions to the Seder Pesaḥ which he considers not necessary, but acceptable. This is the first, a poetic version of the Kiddush. Interestingly enough, it is still recited in many Yemenite communities, which are in general less likely to incorporate poetic sections to their liturgy. Here it is recorded and translated into English according to two nusḥaot — that recorded in the siddur of Rav Saadia (marked in blue), and that recorded in modern Yemenite texts (marked in red). In cases where only the spelling differs rather than the meaning, the editor generally went with Rav Saadia as the older variant. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ד׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: first fruits, Mizraḥi Jewry
In many eastern communities, including the communities of Aleppo and Yemen as well as the haggadah of Ḥakham Ovadia Yosef, this text is added to the extrapolation of the First Fruits declaration found in the Pesaḥ Maggid. Specifically, it is found after the citation of Exodus 12:12, specifically within or after the passage concluding “…who is Me and there is no other.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, Latin translation, דיינו Daiyenu 
The piyyut, Dayenu, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid, Symbolic Foods
Tags: symbolic foods, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, leeks, דיינו Daiyenu
An old Persian tradition involves hitting each other with leeks during the recitation of Dayenu. Nowadays this is replaced with a gentle tap with a scallion for safety reasons. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ז בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: Late Antiquity, Crowning, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, drought conditions, thanksgiving, rainfall 
The text of the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai in Hebrew with English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: interpretive translation, Late Antiquity, Crowning, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, drought conditions, thanksgiving, rainfall
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Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: Late Antiquity, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, Latin translation
The text of the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai in Hebrew with a Latin translation . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: Latin translation, האל בתעצימות ha-El b'taatsumōt 
The text of the short prayer ha-El b’Taatsumōt Uzekha in Hebrew with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: acrostic, Latin translation, האל בתעצימות ha-El b'taatsumōt, in the merit of Yitsḥaq 
The text of the short prayer Shokhen Ad in Hebrew with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: acrostic, heikhalot literature, Latin translation, ובמקהלות uv'Maqhalot 
The text of the short prayer uv’Maqhalōt in Hebrew with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Sholomo ben 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: Magid
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, haggadah supplements, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, Black Hebrew Israelites 
A prayer for the Passover seder recognizing the enslavement and estrangement of Jews and Israelites of African descent with hope for their ingathering. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Hallel
Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, Closing Prayers, חתימות Ḥatimot, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, ישתבח Yishtabaḥ, שבח praise 
The text of the prayer Yishtabaḥ Shimkha, in Hebrew with a Latin translation . . . 
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: Magid
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): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ד׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: acrostic, in the merit of Aharon haKohen, Maghrebi Jewry, Needing Source Images
Emunim ʿIrkhu Shevaḥ is a brief piyyut recited in North African communities in Rabban Gamliel’s list, between Pesaḥ and Maror. It spells out “Aaron the Priest” as an alphabetical acrostic, but it is uncertain whether this is an authorial signature or a mystical reference to the Biblical figure. . . . 
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: Nirtsah
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): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid, Symbolic Foods
Tags: symbolic foods, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, Geonic prayers, haggadah supplements, miriam's fish, 10th century C.E.
A millennium-old tradition, recorded by Rav Sherira Gaon in 10th-century Iraq. He would always have three cooked foods on the seder plate. The egg, a product of the birds of the sky, a sign of renewal and rebirth, represented Moses, the law, the heavens, and the revelational aspects of faith. The shankbone, a product of the animals of the field, a commemoration of the original Pesaḥ sacrifice, represented Aaron, the priesthood, the earth, and the ritual aspects of faith. And the fish, representing the constant flowing nature of water, represented Miriam, prophecy, the waters, and the spiritual aspects of faith. . . . 
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: Nirtsah
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. . . . 
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: Barekh
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: Barekh
Tags: North America, suicide prevention, community support, still small voice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psychopomp, haggadah supplements, suicide, suicide awareness, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi, 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), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, נרצה Nirtsah, Latin translation, אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah 
The text of the popular piyyut “Adir Bimlukhah” (a/k/a “Ki lo na’eh”) in Hebrew, with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ה׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Yiddish vernacular prayer, אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Acrostic translation, Needing Source Images 
This Western Yiddish alphabetical adaptation of Adir Hu is first found in the 1769 Selig Haggadah, under the name of “Baugesang” (meaning Building Song). It grew to be a beloved part of the Western Ashkenazi rite, to the point where the traditional German Jewish greeting after the Seder was “Bau gut,” or “build well!” . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, אדיר הוא Adir Hu
The alphabetic acrostic piyyut, Adir Hu, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel as found in his translation of the Pesaḥ seder haggadah, Liber Rituum Paschalium (1644). . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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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): Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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Tags: ײדיש Yiddish, זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Prague, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya 
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)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Ladino Translation, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judezmo, Judeo-Spanish, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Judezmo/Ladino translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Tamaziɣt, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Judeo-Berber translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Arabic, Baghdad, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Judeo-Arabic translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . .
Contributor(s): Eden miQedem
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, Syria, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Arabic translation, נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Arabic, Damascus, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
An Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya in its Syrian Jewish Damascus variation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Latin translation, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Latin translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Nisim haLevy Tsahtsir and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Bukharan Jewry, Krymchak, Crimean Tatar, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Judeo-Tajik translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, Shimon ben Eliyahu Hakham and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, predation, salvation, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Judeo-Tajik, Bukharan Jewry, Bukhori, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya
A Judeo-Tajik translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: זמירות zemirot, counting, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., נרצה Nirtsah, Latin translation, counting songs 
The text of the popular counting song “Who Knows One?” in its original Hebrew, with a translation in Latin. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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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. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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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
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Shulḥan Orekh
Tags: 20th century C.E., acrostic, symbolic foods, 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, diaspora, Maxwell House coffee, mnemonic
Why is this coffee different from all other coffees? Because Maxwell House coffee is a deeply spiritual representation of the Diaspora experience. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
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Tags: acrostic, Yemenite Jewry, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, 9th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Mizraḥi Jewry, Needing Source Images
Rav Saadia Gaon lists three additions to the Seder Pesaḥ which he considers not necessary, but acceptable. This is the third, a poetic insert of the blessing of redemption known as Ata Ga’alta. In the form of an alphabetical acrostic, this poem is still recited in many eastern communities including the Babylonians, Persians, and Yemenites, and was a feature of the the old Kaifeng rite. Here it is recorded and translated into English according to the nusaḥ of Saadia Gaon, with notes in several locations for additional phrases used in some customs. . . . |
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