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Aqédat Yitsḥaq

Aqédat Yitsḥaq

The Qorbanot section of preparatory prayers begins the archetypal tale of an early more journey and sacrificial offering -- the עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק binding of Yitsḥaq (Isaac) by his father as attested in Genesis 22:1-19. The liturgical reading of the Aqedah is bookended by a couple of prayers. In the custom of Sefarad, a handful of biblical verses are offered in support of these prayers.

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אִם אָפֵס רֹֽבַע הַקֵּן | Im Afes Rova’ ha-Qen, by Rabbi Ephraim bar Isaac of Regensburg, ca. 12th c. (rhyming Ladino translation by Rabbi Reuven Eliyahu Yisrael of Craiova, 1910)

Im Afes Rova’ ha-Qen, an Aqedah (poetic retelling of the binding of Isaac) written by the 12th-century scholar R. Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg, is one of the few piyyuṭim of Ashkenazi origin to have a beloved place in the Sephardic liturgy. (Much more commonly things go the other way.) In current Sephardic practice it is recited every single weeknight in the month of Elul, as part of the seliḥot liturgy — as well as on the second day of Rosh haShanah. It is also recited in most Ashkenazi Seliḥot liturgies — in the Bohemian and Lithuanian customs on the fast of Gedaliah, and in the Polish custom on the fourth day of the ten days. Which means that not only is this Ashkenazi piyyuṭ beloved by Sephardim, it is substantially *more* beloved by Sephardim than it is by Ashkenazim! And as with any beloved piyyuṭ, it has been translated into the colloquial for all the people to appreciate its language. The following is not only the complete Hebrew text of Im Afes along with a new English translation, but also a rhyming Ladino translation composed by R. Reuven Eliyahu Yisrael, the spiritual leader of the Sephardic community of Craiova, Romania, and published in the aforementioned town in the year 1910 (in טראדוקסייון ליברי די לאס פואיזיאס איבראיקאאס). To demonstrate the techniques used by R. Yisrael in his translation, a literal translation of the Ladino, as well as a transcription into the Latin-script Aki Yerushalaim orthography, is also provided.

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Aqédat Yitsḥaq

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12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., Avraham Avinu, Children of Avraham, in the merit of our ancestors, Ladino Translation, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, paraliturgical seliḥot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, self-sacrifice, סליחות səliḥot, יצחק Yitsḥaq

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Reuven Eliyahu Yisrael (translation) and Ephraim bar Isaac of Regensburg

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