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🡄 (Previous category) :: 📁 Purim Qaṭan Readings  Purim ReadingsThis is an archive of public readings for the festival of Purim: the megillat esther, derivative tales, and supplementary readings. This is an archive of public readings for the festival of Purim: the megillat Esther, derivative tales, and supplementary readings. Purim is named after the word pur in megillat Esther, the method of divination by lot used to determine the proper date for the Jews under the dominion of the Persian empire (circa 5th century BCE) to be murdered en masse (Esther 3:7). The lot is cast on the eve of Pesaḥ (the 13th of Nisan) for the 13th of Adar and the decree to destroy the Jews is relayed posthaste (Esther 3:12). (Significantly, the 13th of Nisan is the eve of Pesaḥ when, according to Leviticus 23:5-6, the slaughter and consumption of the paschal lamb is indicated — a very auspicious date indeed.) Hijinx ensue. Click here to contribute a public reading you have selected for Purim. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Rachel Barenblat | Bayit: Building Jewish | Yeraḥmiel ben Shlomo | Len Fellman (translation) | Moses Gaster | Bonna Devora Haberman | Jack Kessler (trōpification) | David Evan Markus | April Rosenblum | the Masoretic Text | Unknown Author(s) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Filter resources by Tag Cantillated readings in English | civil rights | combating anti-Jewish oppression | combating antisemitism | dragons | dreams | egalitarian | English Translation | Feminism | Jewish liberation | Jewish Radicalism | leadership | liberation | Megillah Readings in English | מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther | Mordekhai | Needing Vocalization | parabiblical aggadah | particularism and universalism | Philadelphia | prophetic dreams | purimspiel | Queen Esther | Queens | self-sacrifice | שפוך חמתך shfokh ḥamatekha | Shushan | social justice | solidarity | transtropilation | tropified texts | צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof | United States | who we are | Women's History Month | 59th Presidential Inauguration | United States General Election 2000 | 2nd century B.C.E. | 11th century C.E. | 20th century C.E. | 21st century C.E. | 37th century A.M. | 49th century A.M. | 58th century A.M. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
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The Open Siddur Project is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, non-commercial, non-denominational, non-prescriptive, gratis & libre Open Access archive of contemplative praxes, liturgical readings, and Jewish prayer literature (historic and contemporary, familiar and obscure) composed in every era, region, and language Jews have ever prayed. Our goal is to provide a platform for sharing open-source resources, tools, and content for individuals and communities crafting their own prayerbook (siddur). Through this we hope to empower personal autonomy, preserve customs, and foster creativity in religious culture.
ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17
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