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Yotser Or

This is an archive of liturgy included or otherwise connected to the complex of prayer, piyyutim, and angelological material commonly referred to by the name of its central blessing, the birkat Yotser Or. There are some variations found between the Yotser for weekdays and for Shabbat/festival days.

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אֵל אָדוֹן | 上帝，主 | El Adon (Shàngdì, zhǔ) — Chinese translation by Richard Collis (2022)

This Chinese translation of an Ashkenazi nusaḥ for the alphabetic acrostic piyyut “El Adon,” is found on page 8 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). . . .

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Yotser Or, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, blessings prior to the shema, Chinese translation, cosmological, אל אדון el adon, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, heikhalot literature, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Richard Collis (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הַכֹּל יוֹדוּךָ | 众人感谢 | Ha-Kol Yodukha (Zhòngrén gǎnxiè) — Chinese translation by Richard Collis (2022)

This Chinese translation of an Ashkenazi nusaḥ of the prayer “ha-Kol Yodukha,” is found on pages 7-11 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). . . .

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Yotser Or, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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blessings prior to the shema, Chinese translation, cosmological, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, הכל יודוך hakol yodukha, heikhalot literature, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Richard Collis (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

הרקיע השביעי | The Seventh Heavenly Dome, a description and hymn of divine praise from Sefer ha-Razim

A hymn of praise found in the description of the 7th dome of heaven in Sefer ha-Razim . . .

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Yotser Or, Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets

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Late Antiquity, Needing Vocalization, פיוטים piyyuṭim, the higher the fewer, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Michael A. Morgan (translation/English), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֵל אָדוֹן (אשכנז) | El Adōn, a piyyut attributed to the Yordei Merkavah (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

The piyyut, El Adon, in Hebrew with an interpretive “praying translation” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalom, z”l. . . .

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Yotser Or, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אל אדון el adon, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, heikhalot literature, interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Morning Hymn [in Illness] (Father of all), by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Morning hymn (Father all)” [in Illness] by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 116-117. It is not found in the US edition. . . .

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Yotser Or, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., blessings prior to the shema, English vernacular prayer, hymns of creation, paraliturgical teḥinot, paraliturgical yotser ohr, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Morning Hymn (Blessed art Thou) [version 2], by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Morning hymn (Blessed art Thou)” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in Essays and Miscellanies (1853), in the section “Sacred Communings,” pp. 224-225. In the UK edition of Sacred Communings (1853) the prayer appears with small variations of spelling and punctuation on pages 136-138. An additional abridged variation of this prayer can also be found on pages 92-93 of the UK edition. . . .

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Yotser Or

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical modeh ani, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, waking

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Morning Hymn (Blessed art Thou) [version 1], by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

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Yotser Or

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical modeh ani, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, waking

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

God Supreme! To Thee I Pray, a hymn on “Submission to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“God Supreme! to thee I pray,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Submission to the Will of God” as Hymn 32 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 35-36. . . .

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Yotser Or

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., AABB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

For What I Bless Thee, a prayer-poem by Miriam del Banco (1932)

The prayer-poem “For What I Bless Thee” by Miriam del Banco (1858-1931) was included in her posthumously published anthology, Poetry and Prose (1932), p. 15. . . .

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Maariv Aravim, Yotser Or

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English poetry, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Miriam del Banco and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Through Darkness to Light, a poem by Miriam del Banco (1932)

The poem “Through Darkness to Light” by Miriam del Banco (1858-1931) was included in her posthumously published anthology, Poetry and Prose (1932), p. 29. . . .

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Yotser Or

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angels, English poetry, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Miriam del Banco and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אֵל בָּרוּךְ | El Barukh, an alphabetic acrostic piyyut together with the lyrics to Aleph Bass by Darshan

A song by Darshan including the alphabetic acrostic piyyut, El Barukh, part of the morning Yotser Ohr blessing made prior to the Shema at the official beginning of the Shaḥarit service. . . .

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Yotser Or, Art & Craft

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Aleph-Bet, Alphabetic Acrostic, animation, אל ברוך El Barukh, English piyyutim, hip hop, otiyot, Prayers as poems, rap, ספר יצירה Sefer Yetsirah, יוצר אור yotser ohr

Contributor(s):

Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Eden Pearlstein, Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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