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After the weekday Amidah, a prescription for taḥanun from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	תקונים tiqqunim
	A prescriptive instruction from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi on the purpose of the taḥanun after the Amidah. . . .

תחנון | Taḥanun, translated by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	interpretive translation, English Translation, תחנונים taḥanunim
	My God! my soul is Yours my body is Your servant, take pity on what You have created; my soul is Yours and my body is Yours, God help us for Your sake. We come to You because we want to honor Your reputation. Help us in our moral struggle for the sake of Your reputation; because You are kind and compassionate. Forgive us, for there is so much we need to be forgiven for. . . .

תהלים ו׳ | Psalms 6, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags:	interpretive translation, Psalms 6, prayers for rescue, prayers for intervention, personal salvation, devotional interpretation
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the prayer Psalms 6 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

תהלים ט״ו | Psalms 15, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Categories:	Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags:	interpretive translation, Psalms 15, the Holy Mountain, middot, virtuous attributes, devotional interpretation
	Psalms 15 is read on special days of festive joy in place of Taḥanun. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 15 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . .

An Untitled Prayer for Shaḥarit on days without Taḥanun after Psalms 15, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	20th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 58th century A.M., Psalms 15, English vernacular prayer, no Taḥanun days
	In his Siddur Tehilat Hashem Yedaber Pi (2009), this untitled teḥinah appears just below Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 15 (recited on joyful and celebrative days when Taḥanun is not recited) and just above the Psalms of the Day section. We are not certain whether this teḥinah is an original prayer by Reb Zalman, a translation of an existing teḥinah found for Taḥanun, or a composite of teḥinot found in the Taḥanun service. . . .

תהלים כ״ה | Psalms 25, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Categories:	Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags:	interpretive translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, social anxiety, loneliness, Psalms 25, devotional interpretation
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 25 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009) for days on which Taḥanun is practiced after the morning Amidah. . . .

הִנֵּה שָׁם אֶמְצָאֶךָּ | Where We Can Find Yah, a prayer-poem by Eugene Kohn (1945) inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali (Song Offerings, 1912)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Eugene Kohn, David Frischmann (translation) and Rabindranath Tagore
Categories:	Taḥanun, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
Tags:	20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Prayers as poems, cosmic religion, is it Sikh or Hassidic?, universalist prayers, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka
	“Where We Can Find God,” a prayer-poem inspired by passages appearing in David Frishman’s Hebrew translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. . . .

Man Is Here for the Sake of Others, by Albert Einstein (1930) as excerpted by Rabbi Morrison David Bial

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Morrison David Bial and Albert Einstein
Categories:	Taḥanun, International Workers' Day (May 1st), Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah
Tags:	20th century C.E., democracy, Openers, 57th century A.M., anti-fascist, Closers, cosmic religion, determinism
	An excerpt of an 1930 essay by Albert Einstein set as a prayer supplement by Rabbi Morrison David Bial in 1962. . . .

Rebuke Me Not Nor Chasten Me (Psalms 38), a hymn on “Confidence in God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תשובה teshuvah, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, paraliturgical Psalms 38
	“Rebuke me not, nor chasten me (Psalm XXXVIII),” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Confidence in God” as Hymn 29 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 32-33. . . .

Oh! How Shall Man With God Contend (Job 9), a hymn on “Obedience to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, תוכחות tokheḥot, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“Oh! how shall man with God contend (Job Chap. IX),” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Obedience to the Will of God” as Hymn 28 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 31-32. . . .

Though Sorrows May be Multiplied, a hymn on “Obedience to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תשובה teshuvah, South Carolina, hymns, תוכחות tokheḥot, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“Though sorrows may be multiplied,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Obedience to the Will of God” as Hymn 27 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 30-31. . . .

Man of the World! Wilt Thou Not Pause, a hymn on “Piety” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תשובה teshuvah, South Carolina, hymns, AABB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“Man of the world! wilt thou not pause,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Piety” as Hymn 26 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 29-30. . . .

How Long Will Man In Pleasure Merged, a hymn on “Piety” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תשובה teshuvah, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“How long will man in pleasure merged,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Piety” as Hymn 25 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 28-29. . . .

Oh! Turn At Meek Devotion’s Call, a hymn on “Piety” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Taḥanun
Tags:	19th century C.E., זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תשובה teshuvah, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“Oh! turn at meek devotion’s call,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Piety” as Hymn 24 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 28. . . .

א דוּדעלע (אַיֵּה אֶמְצָאֶךָּ)‏ | A Dudele (Where shall I seek you?), by Rabbi Levi Yitsḥaq of Berditchev (ca. 18th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (English translation) and Levi Yitsḥaq Derbarmdiger Rosakov of Berditchev
Categories:	Taḥanun, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, Yiddish songs, ḥassidut, הבדלות havdalot, non-dual theology, תשובה teshuvah, panentheism, creator within creation, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka
	A profound song invoking divine presence. . . .

יָהּ, אָנָה אֶמְצָאֶךָּ | Yah, Where shall I find you?, a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi (ca. early 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (English translation), Nina Davis Salaman (translation), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Categories:	Taḥanun, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
Tags:	alienation, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., dveykut, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka
	A piyyut that expresses the paradox of a divinity that is both “Beyond” and “Present.” . . .

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