Maariv Aravim • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Who Brings the Evenings, translated by Shim’on Menachem

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Shim'on Menachem and Unknown Author(s)

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Maariv Aravim

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devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim, interpretive translation, stars, evening

Forgiveness is woven into the pattern of existence. God of second chances, pathways of atonement. Help us awaken to Your listening presence, your understanding. Fill our hearts with Divine compassion! . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Maariv Aravim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l

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

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Maariv Aravim

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interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Maariv Aravim” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Ma’ariv Aravim, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

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Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim

The first evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation . . .

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

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Miriam del Banco

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Maariv Aravim, Yotser Ohr

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

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. . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Ma’ariv Aravim, 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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Maariv Aravim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German translation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim

This is a the first blessing of the evening before the Shema, “Maariv Aravim” as adapted by Rabbi David Einhorn in his עלת תמיד Gebetbuch für Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden (1858), p. 419. The English translation here, by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin, translating Rabbi David Einhorn, is as found in Rubin’s Olat Hadashah: A Modern Adaptation of David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid for Shabbat Evening (2020), p. 3. . . .

Twilight, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1849)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

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Maariv Aravim

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Prayers as poems, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry, English Romanticism, Dusk, Sheidim

The poem, “Twilight” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 7:5, Ab 5609/August 1849, p.245. . . .

Night, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1846)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

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Maariv Aravim

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19th century C.E., Darkness, night, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry, English Romanticism, Inner light, Prayers as poems

The poem, “Night” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 3:11, Shebat 5606, February 1846. . . .

The Lord a Watchful Guardian Reigns, a hymn on “Evening” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

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

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Maariv Aravim

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19th century C.E., waking, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme

“The Lord a watchful guardian reigns” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Evening” as Hymn 49 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 52-53. . . .

Evening Hymn (Blessed art Thou), by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Grace Aguilar

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Maariv Aravim

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19th century C.E., hymns of creation, 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim, paraliturgical maariv aravim

“Evening Hymn (Blessed art Thou)” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 94-95. It is not found in the US edition. . . .