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16th century C.E. —⟶ tag: 16th century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? יְדִיד נֶפֶשׁ | Yedid Nefesh, a piyyut transmitted by Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (ca. 16th c.) translated by Sara LapidotThe popular piyyut, Yedid Nefesh, in Hebrew with English translation. . . . אֵל מִסְתַּתֵּר | El Mistater (The God who is Hidden), by Avraham Maimin (ca. 1550, translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi)The mystical piyyut of Avraham Maimin, a student of Moshe Cordovero, translated by Reb Zalman. . . . Categories: Se'udah haShlishit A piyyut in Judeo-Greek for introducing the Decalogue. . . . Categories: Shavuot Contributor(s): Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (translation), Elisabeth Hollender (translation) and Unknown A crucial intention to align one’s davvenen practice with the command to love one’s fellow as oneself per Leviticus 19:18, as recorded in Minhagei ha-Arizal–Petura d’Abba, p.3b by Ḥayyim Vital. . . . מִי כָמֹֽכָה לְשַׁבָּת שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה | Mi Khamokhah l’Shabbat shel Ḥanukkah (a Mi Khamokha piyyut for the Shabbat of Ḥanukkah) — by Israel NajaraThis is a Mi Khamokha piyyut by Yisrael Najara for Shabbat Ḥanukkah retelling Megilat Antiokhos in a lengthy fourfold acrostic with each stanza ending in בוֹ. . . . Categories: Ḥanukkah 💬 מְגִלַּת סֶבַּאצְטִיָין | Megillat Sebastiano — a Purim Sheni scroll for the 1st of Elul commemorating the deliverance of Maghrebi Jewry from King Sebastian of Portugal in 1578Presenting the full, somewhat short text of the Megillah of Sebastiano, telling the story of a great miracle that occurred to the Jewish community of Morocco on 1 Elul 5338, or August 4 1578 CE. On that day, King Sebastian of Portugal attempted to conquer Alcácer Quibir in North Africa — and inevitably to force the inquisition on the Jews of Morocco. But he was turned back at the last moment, protecting Moroccan independence for several more centuries. This scroll is traditionally recited in Jewish communities in the Maghreb to celebrate the repulsion of the Portuguese. . . . Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Alef b'Elul, Maghrebi Jewry, Morocco, Rosh Ḥodesh Elul (אֶלוּל) Contributor(s): Unknown, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) לכה דודי (נוסח אחר) | A different version of Lekhah Dodi found in R’ Moshe ibn Makhir’s Seder haYom (1599)A different version of the poem Lekhah Dodi according to the book Seder haYom by R. Moshe ibn Makhir of righteous blessed memory, vocalized and translated into English by Isaac Mayer. . . . Categories: Ḳabbalat Shabbat 🆕 בָּאבִּי זוּנֵּי בִּתְרֵי זוּזֵי | חַד גַּדְיָא (Babi Zunne Tre Zuze) — a Lishana Deni (Zakho Jewish Neo-Aramaic) translation of Ḥad GadyaThis is the translation of Ḥad Gadya into a dialect of Aramaic in Zakho, a/k/a Lishana Deni (Zakho Jewish Neo-Aramaic) by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . . Categories: Nirtsah Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, Kurdistan, Neo-Aramaic, נרצה Nirtsah, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Unknown 🆕 וַואחַד גַּדְיָא | واحد غديا | חַד גַּדְיָא | Waḥad Gadia (eldi chra li baba b-zouz flous) — a Judeo-Tunisian translation of Ḥad GadyaA Judeo-Tunisian translation of Ḥad Gadya, as performed by Nathan Cohen in this recording. . . . Categories: Nirtsah A translation of Ḥad Gadya into Judeo-Provençal, largely based on a recording made by Eliane Amado Levi-Valensi (ca. 1972). . . . Categories: Nirtsah This is a translation of Ḥad Gadya into Guaraní, a vernacular language in Paraguay and central South America. . . . Categories: Nirtsah A Luganda translation of Ḥad Gadya. Luganda is the vernacular language of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda. Also included is a system for Hebrew transliteration of Luganda texts! . . . Categories: Nirtsah Ḥad Gadya has a place in Seder tables throughout the Jewish quadrant, and in many communities it was read in translation. This adaptation into the language of the Na’vi is very useful when celebrating liberation from the tyrannical RDA. . . . Categories: Nirtsah | ||
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