Shabbat haGadol

This is an archive of prayers and related resources offered for Shabbat haGadol, the shabbat preceding the festival of Pesaḥ in the month of Nissan.

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הכרזת פסח לפי נוסח איטלייני | the Announcement of Pesaḥ on Shabbat haGadol according to the Italian rite

Jews all over the world announce the new month on the Shabbat before it with a text known as “birkat ha-ḥodesh” or blessing the month. In many rites, such as the Western Sephardic and Moroccan rites, the fast days 17 Tammuz and 10 Tevet are also announced on the Shabbat before them with a text known as “hazkarat tsomot” or announcing fasts. But to my knowledge, only the Italian rite (and possibly the ancient Eretz Yisrael rite from which much of it derives) have a custom of announcing Pesaḥ on the Shabbat before it. This passage, the Announcement of Pesaḥ (Azcaràd Pesah in Italian traditional pronunciation) is recited on the Shabbat before Pesaḥ, commonly known as Shabbat haGadol (Sciabbàd Aggadòl), after the reading from the Torah. Citing the mystical hekhalot literature, it celebrates the sages who established the rules of the calendar.

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Shabbat haGadol

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calendar announcements, Italian Jewry, לוח lu'aḥ, Nusaḥ Italḳi, pre-Pesaḥ, Roman minhag

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

אַאֲמִיר מִסְתַּתֵּר | Aamir Mistater, a yotser piyyut for Shabbat haGadol by Yosef ibn Abitur

The Minhag Polin (Eastern Ashkenazi) yotser (piyyut inserted into the beginning of the first blessing of the Shema service) for Shabbat haGadol, by the Sefaradi sage and paytan Joseph ibn Abitur. Translated with preserved acrostic and rhyme scheme. This piyyut juxtaposes the seven days of creation with the miracles of the Exodus as well as the promised future salvation in a three-by-three structure.

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Shabbat haGadol, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, liberation from mitsrayim, Minhag Polin, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יוצר אור yotser ohr, יוצרות yotsrot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yosef ibn Abitur

אִתִּי מִלְּבָנוֹן | Itti MiLvanon, a yotser piyyut for Shabbat haGadol by Rabbi Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

The Minhag Ashkenaz (Western Ashkenazi) yotser (piyyut inserted into the beginning of the first blessing of the Shema service) for Shabbat haGadol, by Binyamin bar Zeraḥ. Also recited by some eastern Ashkenazim, although not as commonly as Aamir Mistater (the standard in Minhag Polin). Translated here with preserved acrostic and rhyme scheme. This piyyut uses the language of Song of Songs to retell the story of the exodus via the language of a romantic relationship.

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Shabbat haGadol, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, liberation from mitsrayim, Minhag Ashkenaz, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, יוצר אור yotser ohr, יוצרות yotsrot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

בְּלוּלֵי אֵשׁ וּמֵימוֹת | Blulei Esh uMeimot — an ofan piyyut for Shabbat haGadol by Rabbi Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

An ofan (a piyyut inserted into the Qedusha d’Yotser) recited in the eastern Ashkenazi Minhag Polin rite for Shabbat haGadol. Signed “Benjamin,” Davidson ascribes it to the great paytan R. Binyamin bar Zeraḥ, possibly as part of the same poetic cycle as Itti MiLvanon (his yotser for the same day).

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Shabbat haGadol, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Angels, Minhag Polin, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

אָז כְּאֵרַֽשְׂתָּ | Az kÉrasta, a zulat piyyut for Shabbat haGadol by Rabbi Yosef Bonfils

A zulat (piyyut inserted into the blessing after the Shema) used in the Minhag Polin (Eastern Ashkenaz) rite for Shabbat hGadol, by R. Joseph Bonfils. This poem is a narrative of a debate between Pharaoh and the sons of Amram on whether the people Israel are engaged to God or not.

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Shabbat haGadol, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, liberation from mitsrayim, Minhag Polin, יוצרות yotsrot, זולת zulat

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils

קְדוּשְׁתָּאוֹת לְשַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל | Qedushtaot cycle and “seder” azhara for Shabbat haGadol, by Rabbi Yosef Bonfils (and Yannai)

The full qedushtaot and “seder” azhara for Shabbat haGadol, largely by the great eleventh-century paytan R. Yosef Bonfils (with one additional rahit by Yannai), including all the catenae of verses and repeated refrains often skipped in Ashkenazi practice. Alphabetical texts are translated with alphabetical acrostics.

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Shabbat haGadol, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, אזהרות azharot, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils and Yanai haPayetan

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