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51st century A.M. —⟶ tag: 51st century A.M. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A translation in German and English of the ḳinnah “Sha’ali Serufah ba-Esh.” A reading from the Zohar providing context for the third meal of Shabbat (the Saturday afternoon meal, se’udah shlishit/shaleshudes). Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A reading from the Zohar providing context for the second meal of Shabbat (the Saturday lunch meal). Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Azharot are a genre of piyyut today associated almost exclusively with the grand lists of mitsvot recited on Shavuot, but this is not strictly accurate. An azharah is any poetic listing of mitsvot, and often would be recited on the Shabbat before a holiday as a reminder of the halakhot of the upcoming day. In Western Ashkenazi practice, for instance, an extensive azharah by Joseph Bonfils is recited for Shabbat haGadol before Pesaḥ. Presented here is an azharah and pizmon for the Shabbat before Rosh haShanah, by the 13th century Toledan payṭan Pinḥas ben Yosef ha-Levi. This text was published in the old Salonika Catalonian rite at the beginning of this maḥzor. Much of the translation is based on the work of Prof. Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel, published in Hebrew in 1985. Categories: Tags: 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, אזהרות azharot, Nusaḥ Catalunya, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פזמונים pizmonim, שופר shofar, shofar blowing Contributor(s): 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. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is “El Mi Migoalei,” a rahuṭah piyyut for Yom Kippur by Avraham ben Shmuel, as indicated by the acrostic signature (likely the same person as Avraham Abulafia.) Our transcription of the text follows that found in National Library of Russia, Ms. EVR II A 913. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): 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. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is the remarkable and unique form of the prayer Elohai Neshamah as found in the Ets Ḥayyim, a compendium of law and tradition of the Jews of England completed in 1287 by Jacob Jehudah Ḥazzan of London (only three years before the expulsion of the Jews from England). 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. A prayer by Kalonymus b. Kalonymus ben Meir that appears in his poem ספר אבן בוחן, יג Sefer Even Boḥan (§13), describing the author’s wish to have been born a Jewish woman. Categories: Berakhot she'Asani, 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), 🌐 Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20th) Tags: 14th century C.E., 51st century A.M., אבן בוחן Even Boḥan, gender identity, LGBTQIA+, Needing Vocalization, shelo asani ishah, תחינות teḥinot, transgender prayer Contributor(s): Before potatoes entered the diet of Ashkenazi Jews, latkes were cheese pancakes, or cassola, as described in the poem “Even Boḥan” (Touchstone) by Rabbi Kalonymus b, Kalonymus ben Meir. Categories: Tags: 14th century C.E., 51st century A.M., anti-predatory, dairy foods, אבן בוחן Even Boḥan, Late Middle Ages, Megillat Antiokhus, Megillat Yehudit, the Rainbow Contributor(s): This prayer for Europe Day was written by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami and first published to his Facebook page on 9 May 2024. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This prayer for Victory in Europe Day was written by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami and first published to his Facebook page on 8 May 2024. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Prayer of R. Šim‘ōn ben Yoḥai (תְּפִלַּת ר׳ שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹחַאי) poses as an expanded and updated version of the influential Secrets of R. Šim‘ōn ben Yoḥai.[foot]Whereas Secrets appears to emerge from the turbulent period marking the transition from Umayyad to ‘Abbāsid suzerainty over Islamicate Jewry, Prayer contains clear references to events associated with the era of the Crusades. Categories: Tags: 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., eschaton, geonic period, Needing Vocalization, pseudepigrapha, Umayyad Caliphate Contributor(s): | ||
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