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49th century A.M. —⟶ tag: 49th century A.M. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This piyyut, Izel Moshe (Arise, Moses), the fifth in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the second verse of the song proper, as an elaboration on God’s strength. The English translation preserves the Hebrew acrostic of the original. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שירת הים Shirat haYam, תרגום targum Contributor(s): This piyyut, Elaha Taqifa (Mighty God), the third in a series of Aramaic piyyutim from the seventh day of Pesaḥ, is meant to be recited after the concluding verse of the second aliyah (third on Shabbat). The translation preserves the alphabetical acrostic, as well as the authorial tag — Jequtiel son of Joseph. The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation. Ḳerovot for Tu biShvat, a celebration of Divine verdancy, which namedrops a stunning array of flora from throughout the land of Israel. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, Cairo Geniza, ethnobotany, קרובות ḳerovot, Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah Contributor(s): A rhymed translation of the piyyut sung following the Havdallah ritual. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol, הבדלות havdalot, נעילה neilah, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation Contributor(s): The text of the piyyut, “HaMavdil,” with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, German translation, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol, paraliturgical havdalah, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): The following love poem is one of the Selihot recited between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ibn Gayat (1038 – 1089) was not timid about using the most intimate symbols in asking God to become reconciled with us. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., devotional interpretation, eros, Granadan Jewry, interpretive translation, Kingdom of Granada, פיוטים piyyuṭim, סליחות səliḥot, Song of Songs, The Lovers Contributor(s): This translation by Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola of “Lema’ankha v’lo lanu” by an unknown paytan was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., בקשות Baqashot, ירושלם Jerusalem, למענך l'maankha, גאולה geūlah (redemption) Contributor(s): A piyyut presenting a dialogue between a couple and Hashem. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, eros, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שיר נשירים shir hashirim, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): The seliḥah with its English translation as found in Siddur Siftei Tsadiqim (The Form of Prayers) vol. 6: Seder haTefilot laTaaniyot (ed. Isaac Leeser 1838) p.107-109. A piyyut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol included in the arrangement of Baqashot before the morning service in the liturgical custom of Sefaradim. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, בקשות Baqashot, כל ברואי kol beruei, ספר יצירה Sefer Yetsirah Contributor(s): The reshut for the prayer for rain and dew on Shemini Atseret and Pesaḥ, in Hebrew with English translation. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Needing Source Images, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prayers for Precipitation, רשויות reshuyot Contributor(s): An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Angels, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, Before Sleep, danger, night, שכינה Shekhinah, sleep Contributor(s): This is a variation of the qinah for Tishah b’Av, “Shomron Qol Titein” in its Ashkenazi nusaḥ. Isaac Gantwerk Mayer first shared this translation via his Facebook page on Tishah b’Av, 2022. A zulat (piyyut inserted into the blessing after the Shema) used in the Minhag Polin (Eastern Ashkenaz) rite for Shabbat hGadol, by R. Joseph Bonfils. This poem is a narrative of a debate between Pharaoh and the sons of Amram on whether the people Israel are engaged to God or not. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, liberation from mitsrayim, Minhag Polin, יוצרות yotsrot, זולת zulat Contributor(s): The full qedushtaot and “seder” azhara for Shabbat haGadol, largely by the great eleventh-century paytan R. Yosef Bonfils (with one additional rahit by Yannai), including all the catenae of verses and repeated refrains often skipped in Ashkenazi practice. Alphabetical texts are translated with alphabetical acrostics. Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, אזהרות azharot, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah Contributor(s): “Ezkera Matsok” (I remember the distress) is a seliḥah in alphabetic acrostic recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. The maaravot-cycle of piyyutim for the first night of Shavuot, by Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils. In normative maaravot fashion, it is one extended cycle with an overarching structure (the first words of each of the Ten Commandments) throughout the whole of the kriat shema, with additional piyyutim incorporated into the first blessing after the shema. “Odekha ki anafta bi (I give thanks to you although you were angry with me) was composed by Joseph ben Solomon of Carcassonne, who is dated to the first half of the eleventh century. This elegant and abstruse poem tells an epic tale of the Jews’ resistance to the decrees of Antiochus IV and includes accounts of both the Hasmonean bride and Judith. It bears a considerable resemblance to texts 4 and 12 of the Hanukkah midrashim (find Grintz, Sefer Yehudit, pp. 205, 207–08) and this is evidence for the circulation of the joint Hasmonean daughter-Judith tales in the eleventh century, even if the surviving manuscripts of these stories are from a later date.” (Deborah Levine Gera, “The Jewish Textual Traditions” in The Sword of Judith: Judith Studies Across the Disciplines (2010).) An alphabetic acrostic seliḥah piyyut for Taanit Esther in Hebrew with English translation | ||
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