tagged: 12th century C.E. • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

אֲֽדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כׇל־תַּאֲוָתִי | Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati, a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi (early 12th c.) rhyming translation by Alice Lucas (1894)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Alice Lucas (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Shared on:	ט״ו בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ב (2021-09-21)
Terms:	Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
Categories:	Baqashot, Yom Kippur
Tags:	פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., rhyming translation
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A rhyming English translation of the piyyut Adonai Negdekha kol Ta’avati. . . .

כִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה שַׁבָּת | Ki Eshmera Shabbat, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (rhyming translation by Israel Abrahams, 1914)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Israel Abrahams and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	י״ג בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ב (2021-09-18)
Terms:	Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
Categories:	Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., rhyming translation, 50th century A.M., כי אשמרה שבת Ki Eshmera Shabbat
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • The piyyut and popular shabbat table song, Ki Eshmera Shabbat, in Hebrew with a rhyming translation. . . .

עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן | Eit Shaarei Ratson, a piyyut by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel ibn Abbas (ca. 12 c.)

Contributor(s):	Stephen Belsky and Yehudah ben Shmuel ibn Abbas
Shared on:	כ״ד באלול ה׳תשפ״א (2021-09-01)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit)
Tags:	שופר shofar, עקדת יצחק Akeidat Yitsḥaq, 12th century C.E., shofar blowing, Acrostic signature, 50th century A.M.
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • This is the piyyut, עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן (Eit Shaarei Ratson) by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel ibn Abbas (12th century Aleppo, Syria (born in Fez, Morocco)). The English translation presented here is by Rabbi Stephen Belsky. . . .

Haftarah reading for the Second Day of Shavuot (Ḥabaquq 2:20-3:19) with its Targum and the piyyut Yetsiv Pitgam by Rabbeinu Tam (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Yaaqov ben Meir, Yonatan ben Uziel, the Masoretic Text and Ḥabaquq haNavi
Shared on:	ד׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-15)
Terms:
Categories:	Ḥabaquq, Shavuot Readings
Tags:	acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, 12th century C.E., Acrostic signature, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, rhyming translation, 50th century A.M., Acrostic translation, יציב פתגם Yetsiv Pitgam
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • The haftarah for the second day of Shavuot, Ḥabakkuk 2:20-3:19, interspersed with a cantillated text of the Targum Yonatan ben Uzziel. Since Targum Yonatan is a bit more drash-heavy than Targum Onkelos, it is translated separately as well. The haftarah reading includes the piyyut Yetsiv Pitgam, with an acrostic rhyming translation of the poem, with the second-to-last verse restored to its rightful place, as well as a concluding paragraph for the meturgeman to recite, as found in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . .

חרוז על שחוק האישקקי | Rhymed Poem on Chess (short), by Avraham ibn Ezra (HS. Vatican 171 f.2, oben S. 180)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nina Davis Salaman (translation) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	י״א בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2020-12-26)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Nittel Nacht
Tags:	12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., ABCB rhyming scheme, rhyming translation, Chess
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A medieval Jewish poem on the game of Chess by an anonymous author. . . .

חֲרוּזִים עַל שְּׂחוֹק שָׁ״הּ־מָ״תּ | Rhymed Poem on Chess (long), by Avraham ibn Ezra (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nina Davis Salaman (translation), Thomas Hyde (Latin translation) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	י״א בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2020-12-26)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Nittel Nacht
Tags:	12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Chess, חרוזים ḥaruzim
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A poem on how to play chess, one of the oldest historical descriptions of the game of Chess, by Avraham ibn Ezra (12th century) . . .

צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי | Tsam’ah Nafshi, a piyyut attributed to Avraham ibn Ezra (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	כ״ד בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-20)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, libi uv'sari
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • An interpretive translation of a piyyut composed as an introduction to the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai. . . .

אָמוֹן יוֹם זֶה | Amon Yom Zeh, an introduction to the Azharot of ibn Gabirol by David ben Elazar ibn Paquda (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (translation), Moses Gaster (translation) and David ben Elazar ibn Paquda
Shared on:	ג׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-26)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Shavuot
Tags:	Nusaḥ Sefaradi, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, theophany, Har Sinai, Decalogue, התורה the Torah, Azharot
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A poetic introduction to the Azharot of Solomon ibn Gabirol read in the afternoon of Shavuot by Sefaradim. . . .

אֲגַדֶלְךָ | Agadelkha, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (ca. 12th c.) translation by Anonymous

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	ג׳ בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-28)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Baqashot
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 12th century C.E., cosmological, 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Sefer Yetsirah, קדיש ḳaddish, רשות reshut, אגדלך Agadelkha
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A popular piyyut for all occasions by Avraham ibn Ezra. . . .

שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (translation by Israel Wolf Slotki)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki
Shared on:	כ״ח בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-25)
Terms:	Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use)
Categories:	Musaf l'Shabbat
Tags:	acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A translation of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

אֲבוֹתַי כִּי בָטְחוּ | Avotai ki vatkhu (“When our forefathers trusted”), a pizmon for the Fast of Tevet ascribed to Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq of Regensburg (12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Wikisource Contributors (proofreading), David Asher (translation) and Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq
Shared on:	ט׳ בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-05)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Asarah b'Tevet
Tags:	acrostic, 12th century C.E., Acrostic signature, pizmonim, 50th century A.M.
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A pizmon recited on the Fast of Tevet in the tradition of nusaḥ Ashkenaz. . . .

אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ | Oy Meh Haya Lanu (Oy What Has Happened to Us), by Barukh ben Shmuel of Mainz (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Rachel Salston (translation) and Barukh ben Shmuel of Mainz
Shared on:	ט׳ באב ה׳תשע״ה (2015-07-25)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Tishah b'Av
Tags:	קינות Ḳinnot, Mourning this Broken World, 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., אוי oy
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • “Oy Meh Haya Lanu” is a kinah traditionally recited on the night of Tisha b’Av directly after the reading of Eikha. According to the Koren Mesorat HaRav Kinot, it is number 1 of 50. The title is the refrain of the poem, a reflective lament. This kinah is based on the fifth and final chapter of Eikha, taking the opening phrase of each line of the megillah as the first line of each couplet and poetically expanding the description for the second. This translation is an attempt to convey the vulgarity and horror of the paytan’s depiction of the destroyed Jerusalem in vernacular English. The kinah ends just as the megillah ends, with the four verses of pleas for redemption. . . .

זמר לט״ו באב | Zemer for Tu b’Av, by Avraham ben Ḥalfon (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Abraham ben Ḥalfon and Nir Krakauer (translation)
Shared on:	י״ז באב ה׳תשע״ו (2016-08-20)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Tu b'Av
Tags:	ט״ו באב tu b'av, Yemenite Jewry, 51st century A.M., zemer, 12th century C.E., Aden, Ayyubid Dynasty
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • This 12th century Yemenite liturgical poem for Tu b’Av is based on the Babylonian Talmud Taanit 30b-31a. . . .

אֲגַדֶלְךָ | Agadelkha, a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra (ca. 12th c.) translation by Sara Lapidot

Contributor(s):	Sara Lapidot (translation) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on:	י״ב בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-21)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Baqashot
Tags:	זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., cosmological, 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Sefer Yetsirah, קדיש ḳaddish, רשות reshut, אגדלך Agadelkha
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • The piyyut, Agadelkha, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .

שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on:	כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Musaf l'Shabbat
Tags:	acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

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

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nina Davis Salaman (translation), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Shared on:	ט״ו בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-06)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Taḥanun, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
Tags:	alienation, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., dveykut, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A piyyut that expresses the paradox of a divinity that is both “Beyond” and “Present.” . . .

אֱמוּנֵי שְׁלוּמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Emunei Shlumei Yisrael — a seliḥah witnessing the Blois incident of 1171 by Hillel ben Yaaqov of Bonn

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Hillel ben Yaaqov of Bonn
Shared on:	כ׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-30)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Khaf Sivan, Tishah b'Av
Tags:	סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, קינות Ḳinnot, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Blois Incident of 1171
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • Some Jewish communities, especially those in the region of the Four Lands, have a custom of fasting on the 20th of Sivan. This day has a full seliḥot service, commemorating a series of horrors that occurred on that day, most prominently the Chmielnicki (Khmielnetsky) massacres of 1648-49. But this poem was written for another horrific occurrence on 20 Sivan, the blood libel of Blois in 1171. This was the first time the accusation of ritual murder was ever made against the Jews of France, but it wasn’t the last. This seliḥah poem, written by Hillel ben Jacob of Bonn, starts with the dramatic accusation that God has abandoned the people Israel, continuing by listing those who died in myriad horrid ways, and ending with several citations from the apocalyptic final chapter of the book of Joel. . . .

כִּי הִנֵּה כַּחֹֽמֶר | Ki Hineh Kaḥomer, rhymed translation by Alice Lucas (1898)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Alice Lucas (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on:	ב׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-14)
Terms:	Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
Categories:	Yom Kippur
Tags:	12th century C.E., 50th century A.M.
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • A rhyming translation of the pizmon for maariv on Yom Kippur. . . .

אֱלִי, רְפָאֵנִי וְאֵרָפֵא | Eli Refa’eni v’Erafé, the personal physician’s prayer of Rabbi Dr. Yehudah haLevi (ca. early 12th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nina Davis Salaman (translation), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Shared on:	ט״ו בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-06)
Terms:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories:	Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags:	12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., professional intention, prayers of health care workers
Description:	• • • • • • • • • • The physician’s prayer of Rabbi Dr. Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi in the 12th century CE. . . .

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