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This is an archive of prayers, songs, and other individual works relevant to the final course of the seder for Pesaḥ (Passover): Nirtsah, containing piyyutim and the counting of the Omer.

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אָז רוֹב נִסִּים | Az Rov Nissim, a piyyuṭ by Yanai for the first night of Pesaḥ in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel.

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43rd century A.M., 5th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אז רוב נסים Az rov nisim, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Yanai haPayetan

אַדִּיר הוּא | Adir Hu, the acrostic piyyuṭ in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

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).

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17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., acrostic, אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

בּױגעזאנג | Baugesang (Building Song): an alphabetical Yiddish adaptation of the piyyuṭ Adir Hu (1769)

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!”

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Alphabetic Acrostic, Needing Source Images, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Yiddish translation, Yiddish vernacular prayer, זמירות zemirot

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Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אוֹמֶץ גְּבוּרוֹתֶיךָ | Omets G’vuratekha, a piyyuṭ by Eleazar ben Qalir for the second night of Pesaḥ in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel.

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44th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, אומץ גבורתיך Omets G'vuratekha, פיוטים piyyuṭim

Contributor(s):

Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation), Elazar ben Qallir, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

בִּסְעוּדָה הַזּוֹ | At this meal! – a piyyuṭ for the Passover seder translated by Rabbi Jonah Rank

A litany of mythical guests and creatures presenting at the Passover seder.

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eschaton, מה נאכל בסעודה הזו mah nokhal baseudah hazo, mythical feasts, פיוטים piyyuṭim, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, אושפיזין ushpizin, זמירות zemirot

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Jonah Rank (translation) and Unknown

אַדִּיר בִּמְלוּכָה | Adir Bimlukhah, the piyyuṭ in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

The text of the popular piyyut “Adir Bimlukhah” (a/k/a “Ki lo na’eh”) in Hebrew, with a Latin translation.

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13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., acrostic, אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

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Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

חַד גַּדְיָא | Ḥad Gadya in Aramaic and Yiddish (Prague Haggadah, ca. 1526)

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

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prague, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

חַד גַּדְיָא | አሐዱ፡ማሕስእ፡ጠሊ (ʾÄḥädu Maḥsəʾ Ṭäli) — a Gəʽəz translation of Ḥad Gadya by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

A Ge’ez translation of the popular Passover seder song, Ḥad Gadya.

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16th century C.E., 21st century C.E., 53rd century A.M., 58th century A.M., Aramaic, Beta Esrael, Ethiopian Jewry, Ethiopic translation, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

חַד גַּדְיָא | Unum hœdulum — a Latin translation of Ḥad Gadya by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

A Latin translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

חַד גַּדְיָא | ⵢⴰⵏ ⵉⴽⵔⵓ | Yan ikru (יַאן יִכְּרוּ) — a Judeo-Berber translation of Ḥad Gadya

A Judeo-Berber translation of the popular Passover song, Ḥad Gadya.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Tamaziɣt, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ :: Who Knows One?, a counting song in Hebrew and Yiddish (Prague Haggadah, 1526)

The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in its original Hebrew and Yiddish, with a translation in English.

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Nirtsah

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., counting, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prague, Yiddish translation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Unum (est &) quis scit? — a Latin translation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

The text of the popular counting song “Who Knows One?” in its original Hebrew, with a translation in Latin.

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Nirtsah

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., counting, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation), Unknown, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Eḥad Mi Yodéa (One I Know), a German translation of stanzas 1-9 by Paul Christian Kirchner in his Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Nuremberg, 1717)

This is a German translation of the first nine stanzas of the counting song popularly sung at the Passover seder, made by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Christian Hebraism, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, German translation, haggadah supplements, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Paul Christian Kirchner (translation) and Unknown

אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Якумин кӣ медонад | Yakumin Ki Medonad :: a Bukhori (Judeo-Tajik) Translation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ by Rabbi Shimon ben Eliyahu Hakham (1904)

Eḥad Mi Yodéa is a counting-song that is a beloved part of Seders the world over. It is mostly written in Hebrew, counting up to 13, but there are versions that can be found in many different languages. This translation is in Bukhori, also known as Judeo-Tajik, as translated by the great Shimon ben Eliyahu Ḥakham (1843-1910), the chief rabbi of the Bukharan Jewish community in Jerusalem. His full translation of all liturgical additions in the month of Nisan for the Bukharan community can be found in חוקת הפסח Ḥuqat haPesaḥ (1904) – the source for this transcription on page 128-130 (see included). Shimon Ḥakham transcribed it into vocalized Hebrew script, which is included here alongside transliterations into Tajik Cyrillic and a Roman transcription.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Bukharan Jewry, Bukhori, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, Judeo-Tajik, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Shimon ben Eliyahu Hakham, Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

חַד מָה יוּדָא | אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Ḥad Mah Yuda :: Who Knows One?, a counting-song in Aramaic translation

The text of the popular Passover song “Who Knows One?” in Hebrew set side-by-side with an Aramaic translation.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic translation, counting, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

קְי ווֹלְירַה קְי אְינטְינדְירַה | אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Che volera, che entendera — a Judeo-Sienese translation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ

Eḥad Mi Yodéa is a counting-song that is a beloved part of Seders the world over. Counting up to 13, it is mostly written in Hebrew, but there are versions that can be found in many different languages. This translation is in the Judeo-Italian dialect of Siena, based on Geremia Mario Castelnuovo’s 1956 recording from Leo Levi’s collection of Judeo-Italian ethnomusicological recordings. A link to the original recording can be found here.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, Italian translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown (translation), Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

כָּאנְדְרִי נְדְרִיהוּם | אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Kaanₔdri Nₔdrihom — a Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (Darija) adaptation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaȝ

A Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (Darija) adaptation of the Passover counting song Eḥad Mi Yodeaȝ, as found in Mahzor Moȝadé Hashem.

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Arabic translation, counting songs, Darija, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, Judeo-Arabic, Morocco, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Unknown (translation), Unknown, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ |    (Minë mamo ista?) — a Judeo-Quenya translation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Eḥad Mi Yodea has a place in Seder tables throughout Arda, and in many communities it was read in translation. This translation into Quenya is necessary for any good Lothlórien sedarim. But to be serious, Quenya was one of several languages developed by J.R.R. Tolkien. It serves as the sacred ancestral language of the Noldorin elves in the Middle-Earth legendarium. The editor here has developed this adaptation of the well-known seder table-song Eḥad Mi Yodea into Quenya, with thanks and credit to the experts at elfdict for their help. He has also transcribed it into a home-brewed transcription system into Hebrew script also used for his Min Yacincë translation of Ḥad Gadya.

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., constructed languages, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, High-Elven, Middle-Earth, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Quenya translation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

קיו סציאַס אונו? | אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ | Kiu Scias Unu? — an Esperanto translation of Eḥad Mi Yodéaʼ by Erin Piateski (2010)

A translation of Ḥad Gadya into Esperanto by Erin Piateski with a Hebraicization schema for Esperanto by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. Piateski’s translation first appeared in her כוכב ירוק הגדה של פסח | Verda Stelo Hagado de Pesaĥo (2010).

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16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., constructed languages, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, Esperanto translation, L.L. Zamenhoff, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Erin Piateski (translation), Unknown and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

אַתָּה ה׳, מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי | Attah Adonai Magen Ba’adi, a piyyuṭ by R’ Fradji Shawat (late 16th c.)

A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile.

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Nirtsah

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16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Béja, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Tunisia

Contributor(s):

Jonah Rank (translation) and Fradji Sawat

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