Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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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Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

Contributor(s):

Ilana Streit

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Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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

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

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jacob Chatinover (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), David Seidenberg and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

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

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eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, Trees, four worlds, school of the ARI z"l, 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. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

Categories:

Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן), Shabbat Məvorkhim

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

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

Meditation on the Works of God, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Grace Aguilar

Categories:

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

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

“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. . . .