Entering Sacred Spaces • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

מַה־טֹּבוּ | Mah Tovu, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

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Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, shame resilience, paraliturgical mah tovu, מה טבו mah tovu

A paraliturgical reflection of the prayer for entering sacred communal spaces, Mah Tovu, for a shame resilience practice. . . .

מַה־טֹּבוּ | Mah Tovu: Prayer upon Entering the Synagogue (Romanian trans. Avraham Shlomo Gold, ca. 1903)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abraham Shlomo Gold (translation)

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Romanian translation, מה טבו mah tovu, 20th century C.E., Sepharadi, Openers, 57th century A.M., Synagogues, Needing Proofreading

To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the prayer upon entering the synagogue from סדר תפילות לכל השנה Ordinea Rugăciunilor pentru toate zilele anului (nusaḥ Sefaradi, minhag Romania) translated into Romanian by Rabbi Abraham Shlomo Gold (Institutul de editura Ralian si Ignat Samitca, Craiova, 1903). A video of this siddur can be seen on youtube here. We would like to know more about Rabbi Gold; if you have any information, please contact us. . . .

מַה־טֹּבֽוּ | Mah Tovu, translated from Rabbi David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid (1858) by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin (2020)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Joshua Giorgio-Rubin and David Einhorn

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19th century C.E., petiḥah, 57th century A.M., German translation, Prayers for Praying, centos, מה טבו mah tovu

This is Joshua Giorgio-Rubin’s English translation of Rabbi David Einhorn’s adaptation of the opening prayer “Mah Tovu” as found in Rubin’s Olat Hadashah: A Modern Adaptation of David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid for Shabbat Evening (2020). Rabbi Einhorn identifies the prayer by its familiar incipit from the verse Numbers 24:5, but left that verse untranslated. . . .

מַה־טֹּבוּ | Priêre en entrant dans le Temple, a paraliturgical Mah Tovu by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1848)

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Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron

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מה טבו mah tovu, 19th century C.E., English Translation, 57th century A.M., Synagogues, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, paraliturgical mah tovu

A paraliturgical Mah Tovu, in French with English translation. . . .

Gebet beim Eintritt in das Gotteshaus | Prayer upon entering the house of God, by Dr. Meïr Letteris (1846)

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Emily Kesselman (art & transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Meïr haLevi Letteris

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תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, 19th century C.E., entering

Gebet beim Eintritt in das Gotteshaus | Prayer on Entering the House of God, by Dr. Meïr Letteris (1846)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Miriam Wertheimer (translation), Emily Kesselman (art & transcription) and Meïr haLevi Letteris

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Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, 19th century C.E., English Translation, entering, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M.

“Gebet beim Eintritt in das Gotteshaus” was written by Meir Letteris and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תחנוני בת יהודה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah) Andachtsbuch für israelitische Frauenzimmer…. In the 1846 printings, it appears on p. 1. The English translation here was made by Miriam Werheimer and for unknown reasons misattributed to Wolfgang Wessely in Devotional exercises for the use of Jewish women, on public and domestic occasions (1852). –Aharon Varady . . .

“Know Before Whom Thou Standest,” a poem on the inscription above the Aron haḲodesh by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, Charleston, ca. 1840)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Penina Moïse

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57th century A.M., Synagogues, etiquette, exhortation, 19th century C.E., דע לפני מי אתה עומד Know Before Whom You Stand

“On the Following Inscription Fronting the New Synagogue: ‘Know Before Whom Thou Standest'” was published in Secular and Religious Works of Penina Moïse, With Brief Sketch of Her Life (Council of Jewish Women, Charleston Section, 1911), pp. 275-276. . . .

Beim Eintritt in das Bethaus [ver. 1] | On entering the house of prayer (ver. 1), a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

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Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro

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German Jewry, paraliturgical mah tovu, paraliturgical ribon haOlamim, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Opening Prayers, Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer

“Beim Eintritt in das Bethaus” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №1 on pp. 1-2. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it also appears as teḥinah №1 on pp. 1-2. . . .

Beim Eintritt in das Bethaus [ver. 2] | On entering the house of prayer (ver. 2), a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

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Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro

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19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Opening Prayers, Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry

“Ein anderes desselben Inhalts [Beim Eintritt in das Bethaus v.2]” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №2 on pp. 2-3. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it also appears as teḥinah №2 on pp. 2-3. . . .