tagged: 13th century C.E. • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer for Dwelling in the Sukkah of the Leviyatan, as taught in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (ca. 13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Meir ben Barukh of Rothenburg

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Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah), the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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leviathan, anti-predatory, עולם הבא Olam Haba, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Universal Peace, חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, רשות reshut

This formula for recitation in the Sukkah at the conclusion of Sukkot (on the night of Shemini Atseret) is given in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (1215-1293) and found in two sources: Siman 148 of the Teshuvot of Shimshon bar Tsadoq (a/k/a the Tashbets), and Siman 71.50 of the Sefer Kol Bo. . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur for Yom ha-Atsma’ut, a complete poetic translation with an added stanza for the State of Israel’s Independence Day by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar)

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Acrostic signature, High Middle Ages, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, Mainz, rhyming translation, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M.

This is a complete poetic rhyming translation of Maoz Tsur with all six of its stanzas including a seventh, final stanza written by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer specifically for Yom ha-Atsmau’ut. . . .

בְּרִיךְ שְׁמֵהּ דְּמָרֵא עָלְמָא | B’rikh Shmeih d’Marei Alma (Bendito sea Tu nombre, Senyor del Mundo), Ladino translation from the siddur El Nuevo Avodat haShanah (1904)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Yaaqov Mosheh Ḥai Altarats (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Before the Aliyot

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הוצאת ספר תורה Removal of the Torah from the Ark, Zoharic prayers, Aramaic, Ladino Translation, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M.

A Ladino translation of Brikh Shmei d’Marei Alma. . . .

בְּרִיךְ שְׁמֵהּ דְּמָרֵא עָלְמָא | B’rikh Shmeih d’Marei Alma | Wenn man die Gesetzrolle aus der heiligen Lade nimmt (paraliturgical adaptation by Yehoshua Heshil Miro, 1829)

Contributor(s):

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

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Before the Aliyot

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German Jewry, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., הוצאת ספר תורה Removal of the Torah from the Ark, Zoharic prayers, 19th century C.E., Aramaic, paraliturgical brikh shmeih, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German translation

“Wenn man die Gesetzrolle aus der heiligen Lade nimmt” was translated/adapted from the prayer “Brikh Shmeih d’Marei Alma” (Zohar II 206a) by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. The translation appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №15 on pp. 19-20. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it also appears as teḥinah №15 on pp. 22-23. . . .

אַדִּיר בִּמְלוּכָה | Adir Bimlukhah, a Latin translation of the piyyut by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Nirtsah

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אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation

The text of the popular piyyut “Adir Bimlukhah” (a/k/a “Ki lo na’eh”) in Hebrew, with a Latin translation. . . .

שַׁאֲלִי שְׂרוּפָה בָּאֵשׁ | Sha’ali Serufah ba-Esh (Question, Burnt in the Fire), a Ḳinah for Tishah b’Av, translated by Gershom Scholem

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Paula Schwebel (translation), Gershom Scholem (translation) and Meir ben Barukh of Rothenburg

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Khaf Sivan, Tishah b'Av

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קינות Ḳinnot, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Disputation of Paris

A translation in German and English of the ḳinnah “Sha’ali Serufah ba-Esh.” . . .

אַרְעָא רַקְדָא | Ar’a Raqda (And the Earth Danced), a piyyut in Aramaic for introducing the Decalogue as read in the Targum

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

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Shavuot

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acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Decalogue, Acrostic translation

“Ar’a Raqda,” a piyyut read directly before the Ten Commandments in the Targum, uses wedding imagery and language from the Shir haShirim to paint Sinai as a ḥuppah. . . .

אֲנָא אַתְקֵינִית | Ana Atqenit (I am the one), a piyyut in Aramaic for introducing the first commandment as read in the Targum

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

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Shavuot

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acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Decalogue, Acrostic translation

Ana is a poem for the first commandment, that discusses all that God did for the ancestors. . . .

Gaudeamus Igitur | אָז עוֹדֶֽנּוּ צְעִירִים | Az Odenu Tse’irim (So, let us rejoice), a Hebrew translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer of De Brevitate Vitæ (1287)

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Christopher S. Morrissey (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Learning, Study, and School

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51st century A.M., graduation, commencement, Latin vernacular, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, 13th century C.E.

An original Hebrew translation of the popular medieval commercium song and graduation anthem “De Brevitate Vitæ,” more commonly known as “Gaudeamus Igitur.” First attested in 1287, this Latin poem is irrevocably associated with college life for academics all over the world. It has been translated into many languages, and this Hebrew edition can be added to the list. . . .

📄 הגדה לסדר פסח | The Ritual of the Seder and the Agada of the English Jews Before the Expulsion (1287)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Dávid Kaufmann

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Haggadot for the Seder Leil Pesaḥ, Liturgical traditions

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English Jewry, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Nusaḥ Anglia

Jacob b. Jehuda of London, the author of that valuable contribution to the literary side of Anglo-Jewish history, the Talmudical compendium Etz Chaim, so providentially rescued and preserved for us, never dreamt, when he noted down, in the year 1287, the Ritual and Agada of the Seder Nights according to English usage, that he was fixing a permanent picture of what was doomed to destruction, and was recording not a mere portion of the liturgy, but a page of Jewish history. Faithfully copying his great prototype, Maimonides, the English Chazan also embodied in his work the texts of the Recitations on the Seder Nights in the form customary among his countrymen, and appended the correlated rites according to Minhag England. . . .

💬 כְּגַוְנָא | K’gavna, on the Secret of Oneness and the Mystery of Shabbat, a reading from the Zohar (parashat Terumah §163-166 & §169-170)

Contributor(s):

Marcia Prager and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Shabbat Readings, Ḳabbalat Shabbat, the Zohar

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51st century A.M., shekhina, כבוד kavod, שבת ערבית shabbat arvit, 13th century C.E.

In siddurim following the nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l, the Barekhu call to prayer is immediately preceded by a passage from the Zohar, Parshat Terumah, explaining the profound significance of the Maariv service. . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the first se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Shabbat Readings, the Zohar, Se'udat Leil Shabbat

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eros, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M.

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening. . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the second se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Shabbat Readings, the Zohar, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

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שלימות shlemut (completion), 13th century C.E.

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the second meal of Shabbat (the Saturday lunch meal). . . .

💬 זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ | Remember the Shabbat day to keep it holy, a reading for the third se’udah of Shabbat from the Zohar (parashat Yitro)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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Shabbat Readings, the Zohar, Se'udah haShlishit

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Mosheh Rabbenu, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., joy

A reading from the Zohar providing context for the third meal of Shabbat (the Saturday afternoon meal, se’udah shlishit/shaleshudes). . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur (Stronghold Rock who Rescues Me), complete poetic translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi

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Ḥanukkah

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Acrostic signature, High Middle Ages, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, Mainz, rhyming translation, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M.

A complete poetic translation (all six verses) of Maoz Tsur. As far as the editor knows this is the first translation of Maoz Tsur to both (a) cover all the verses relatively accurately and (b) preserve the strict ABAB-BBCCB rhyme scheme of the original. (Reb Zalman’s comes close but it goes ABAB-CCDDC instead). If it sounds violent, that’s because it *is* violent. Ḥanukkah is a holiday about actively fighting against assimilation and abuse. A lot of Maoz Tsur translations are censored, but it’s a powerful, loud, and even nationalist statement. . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur (Rock of Ages), singing translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi

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Ḥanukkah

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51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, High Middle Ages, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, Mainz, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E.

A singing translation of the popular piyyut (devotional poem), “Maoz Tzur,” by Reb Zalman for Ḥanukkah. . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur, attributed to Mordecai ben Yitsḥak haLevi (adapted by R’ Joseph H. Hertz, trans. by Solomon Solis-Cohen)

Contributor(s):

Solomon da Silva Solis-Cohen (translation), Joseph Herman Hertz and Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi

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Ḥanukkah

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post-Holocaust liturgical adaptations, פיוטים piyyutim, British Jewry, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, Mainz

Maoz Tsur as translated by Dr. Solomon Solis-Cohen, with Hebrew adapted in the first stanza by Joseph Herman Hertz, chief rabbi of the British Empire. . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Maoz Tsur (trans. by Frederick de Sola Mendes 1914)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Frederick de Sola Mendes and Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi

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Ḥanukkah

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13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, פיוטים piyyutim, Spanish-Portuguese

A singable translation of Maoz Tsur by the great ḥakham Frederick de Sola Mendes, here transcribed from the Union Hymnal (CCAR 1914), hymn 190. The translation largely reflects the Hebrew, omitting two verses — the final (and according to some, last added) verse, and the fourth verse about Purim and Haman. . . .

מָעוֹז צוּר | Schirm und Schutz in Sturm und Graus, a German translation of Maoz Tsur by Leopold Stein (1906)

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Leopold Stein and Mordecai ben Yitsḥok ha-Levi

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Ḥanukkah

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מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, German Reform Movement, German-speaking Jewry, German language, פיוטים piyyutim, Spanish-Portuguese, German vernacular prayer, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature

A German translation of Maoz Tsur, by the early Reform rabbi Leopold Stein. This singable German translation was cited as an inspiration for Gustav Gottheil and Marcus Jastrow’s well-known English edition. In some communities in the German Empire, for instance the community of Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland), it was recited during the morning service on Ḥanukkah. It poetically translates the first five verses in their entirety, avoiding the controversial sixth verse (said by some to have been added post-facto, and rejected by the early Reform movement). . . .

אשׂא למרחוק | Essa Lameraḥoq by Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople (13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople and Ḳaraite Jews of America

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Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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the 7th Day, Acrostic signature, קדושה Qedushah, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Byzantium, Byzantine Empire, Karaism, Constantinople

Essa Lameraḥoq by Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople, with an English translation. . . .

אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה | Even haRoshah (“The corner stone”), a seliḥah for the Fast of Tevet attributed to Avraham bar Menaḥem (13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Avraham bar Menaḥem

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Asarah b'Tevet

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13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, סליחות seliḥot

“Even haRoshah” (the corner stone) is a seliḥah recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . .

קדיש יתום ליחיד | Mourner’s Ḳaddish for an Individual Without a Minyan (Sefer Ḥasidim, ca. 12-13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Yehudah ben Shmuel of Regensburg

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Mourning, Ḳaddish

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Without a Minyan, 13th century C.E., 50th century A.M., קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans, Needing Source Images

A mourner’s ḳaddish in the event there is no quorum. . . .

אַף אֹרַח מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | Af Oraḥ Mishpatekha — an Ofan for Shabbat Ḥazon by Rabbi Elazar ben R’ Yehudah of Worms

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Eleazar ben Yehudah ben Ḳalonymus of Worms

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Tishah b'Av

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yotsrot, Shabbatot of Admonition, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, שבת חזון Shabbat Ḥazon, ofanim

“Af Oraḥ Mishpatekha” is an ofan, a type of piyyut recited as a part of the Ḳedushah d-Yotzer liturgy as an introduction to Ezekiel 3:12. Specifically, it is an ofan written by the Rokeaḥ, R. El’azar ben R. Yehuda of Worms, for the morning liturgy on Shabbat Ḥazon, the Shabbat before Tishah b’Av. It is here included along with an original translation and with cited verses marked. Also included is a series of images from a 1714 maḥzor printed in Frankfurt au Main that includes the piyyut. To note, the text included above is not exactly the same as that of the 1714 maḥzor, having been edited in accordance with Isaac Meiseles’s 1993 critical edition of the Rokeaḥ’s work. . . .

בָּרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיוֹן | Barukh El Elyon, a piyyut by Barukh bar Shmuel of Mayence (ca. 12th c.)

Contributor(s):

Honi Sanders (translation) and Barukh ben Shmuel of Mainz

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Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat

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זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, Needing Source Images

A piyyut and table song for Shabbat from 13th century Ashkenaz. . . .