בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahaḇat Olam (for Shaḥarit), translated by William Wotton (1718)

A translation of the morning form of the birkat ahavah and one of the earliest examples of Jewish prayer in English translation . . .

Categories: Birkat Ahavah

Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., אהבת עולם ahavat olam, blessings prior to the shema, Prayers of Freemasons

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shawn Eyer, William Wotton (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

Kavvanot for a Shaḥarit Service, by Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith (ca. 2003)

These are a series of kavvanot prepared by Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith (1935-2024), z”l, for a Shaḥarit service containing the call to prayer (Barkhu), the blessings preceding the Shema, tthe conclusion of the Amidah, before and after the Torah reading service, and Aleinu. Rabbi Ben Newman, who shared these kavvanot in eulogy for Rabbi Goldsmith in a Facebook post, writes, “My dear teacher, friend, and mentor Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Goldsmith died on Friday. He was an amazing man who taught me a lot about how to be a rabbi, a Reconstructionist, a liturgist, philosopher of religion, and Yiddishist. He also was the “head rabbi” who officiated at my wedding to Rabbi Shoshana Leis….I had him write out for me [these kavvanot] when I substituted for him leading at Congregation Mvakshe Derekh in Scarsdale, NY, 20 years ago as a student rabbi.” . . .

Categories: Before the Aliyot, Barkhu, Birkat Ahavah, Aleinu, After the Aliyot, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

Tags: עלינו Aleinu, blessings prior to the shema, English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, paraliturgical barkhu, paraliturgical birkat ahavah, paraliturgical priestly blessing, Reconstructionist Jewry, שמע shemaŋ, Yiddish translation

Contributor(s): Emanuel S. Goldsmith and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Shaḥarit, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Ahavat Olam” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

Categories: Birkat Ahavah

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אהבת עולם ahavat olam, blessings prior to the shema, devotional interpretation, English Translation, interpretive translation

Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahava Rabbah, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

A paraliturgical reflection of the second blessing prior to the Shema, the Birkat Ahavah, for a shame resilience practice. . . .

Categories: Birkat Ahavah

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah, blessings prior to the shema, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical birkat ahavah, paraliturgical reflections, shame resilience

Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavah Rabbah, by Michal Talya

The blessing recited prior to the Shema, in the wording of Michal Talya. . . .

Categories: Birkat Ahavah

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah, blessings prior to the shema, love, paraliturgical birkat ahavah

Contributor(s): Avraham Leader (translation) and Michal Talya

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | 满怀爱意 | Ahavah Rabah (Mǎnhuái ài yì) — Chinese translation by Richard Collis (2022)

This Chinese translation of an Ashkenazi nusaḥ of the Birkat Ahavah (“Ahavah Rabah”) prayer before the Shema in Shaḥarit is found on pages 12 of the liner notes for the Chinese edition of Richard Collis’s album We Sing We Stay Together: Shabbat Morning Service Prayers (Wǒmen gēchàng, wǒmen xiāngjù — Ānxírì chén dǎo qídǎo). . . .

Categories: Birkat Ahavah

Tags: acrostic, אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah, Alphabetic Acrostic, blessings prior to the shema, Chinese translation, פיוטים piyyutim

Contributor(s): Richard Collis (translation), Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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