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אַקְדָמוּת מִילִין | Aḳdamut Milin, a preface to the Targum for the Shavuot Torah Reading, attributed to Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Cantor Hinda Labovitz and Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans
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Shavuot
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acrostic, בהמות behemot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature

An Aramaic piyyut composed as an introduction to the reading of the Targum for the Torah reading on Shavuot. . . .

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
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Shavuot
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Nusaḥ Sefaradi, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, theophany, Har Sinai, Decalogue, התורה the Torah, Azharot

A poetic introduction to the Azharot of Solomon ibn Gabirol read in the afternoon of Shavuot by Sefaradim. . . .

כָּל־בְּרוּאֵי | Kol B’ru-ei, a piyyut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s): Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol
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Baqashot
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acrostic, בקשות Baqashot, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Sefer Yetsirah

A piyyut by Shlomo ibn Gabirol included in the arrangement of Baqashot before the morning service in the liturgical custom of Sefaradim. . . .

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

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

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
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Asarah b'Tevet
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acrostic, 12th century C.E., Acrostic signature, pizmonim, 50th century A.M.

A pizmon recited on the Fast of Tevet in the tradition of nusaḥ Ashkenaz. . . .

אחות קטנה במאה ה -21 | A 21st century “Aḥot Ḳetanah” (Little Sister), by Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss

Contributor(s): Raysh Weiss and Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation)
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Rosh Hashanah
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acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Acrostic signature

A 21st century recasting of the iconic 13th century Spanish mystical Rosh haShanah piyyut. . . .

אֶת כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת | Et Kos Yeshu`ot, a Havdalah song by Elyaḳim

Contributor(s): Neria Haroeh (translation), Karaite Jews of America and Elyaqim haPayyetan
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Motsei Shabbat
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זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Acrostic signature, הבדלות havdalot

A zemirah for havdallah by an otherwise unknown rabbinic payyetan known only by his signature acrostic. . . .

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

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. . . .

אל רם חסין יה | El Ram Ḥasin Yah, a piyyut for Sukkot by Shlomo haPaytan (egal adaptation by Noam Sienna, 2012)

Contributor(s): Noam Sienna and Shlomo haPaytan
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Sukkot
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North America, egalitarian, traditional egalitarian, אושפיזין ushpizin, פיוטים piyyutim, Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, Acrostic signature, Afghanistan

This is one of my favourite Sukkot piyyutim, not least because of the wonderful and easily singable call-and-response melody! The seven verses each highlight one of the seven traditional ushpizin [mythic guests], and a few years ago I wrote an additional seven verses for the seven female ushpizata according to the order of Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org). . . .

יוֹם זֶה לְיִשְׁרַאֵל | Yom Zeh l’Yisrael, a Shabbat hymn attributed to Rabbi Yitsḥaq Luria (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria
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Se'udah Shniyah
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interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature

An interpretive translation in English of the shabbes hymn Yom Zeh l’Yisrael. . . .

יוֹם שַׁבָּתוֹן | Yom Shabbaton, a Shabbat song by Yehudah haLevi (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
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Se'udah Shniyah
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זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature

An interpretive translation of Yehudah haLevi’s shabbat song, “Yom Shabbaton.” . . .

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
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Shaḥarit l'Shabbat, Se'udah Shniyah
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זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, libi uv'sari

An interpretive translation of a piyyut composed as an introduction to the prayer Nishmat Kol Ḥai. . . .

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

Contributor(s): Gabriel Wasserman, Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople and Karaite Jews of America
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Shaḥarit l'Shabbat
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פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Byzantium, Byzantine Empire, Karaism, Constantinople, the 7th Day, Acrostic signature, קדושה Qedushah

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אַתָּה ה׳, מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי | Attah Adonai Magen Ba’adi, a piyyut by R’ Fradji Shawat (late 16th c.)

Contributor(s): Jonah Rank and Fradji Sawat
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Leil Pesaḥ
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acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Béja, Tunisia

A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile. . . .

אֵל מִסְתַּתֵּר | El Mistater :: The God who is hidden, by Avraham Maimin (circa 1550)

Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation) and Avraham Maimin
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Se'udah Shlishit
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זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Acrostic signature, prayers of kabbalists, shaleshudes

The mystical piyyut of Avraham Maimin, a student of Moshe Cordovero, translated by Len Fellman. . . .

סליחה לימים הנוראים | Seliḥah for the Days of Awe, by Rabbi Ben-Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ben Tsiyon Meir Ḥai Uziel
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Yom Kippur
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20th century C.E., acrostic, days of awe, 58th century A.M., Acrostic signature, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Translation (into English), Needing citation references, Needing Vocalization

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יָצַר הָאֵל | Yatsar ha’El, a Shabbat song by Ya’aqov ha-Qara’i

Contributor(s): Karaite Jews of America and Ya'aqov ha-Paitan
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Se'udah Rishonah, Se'udah Shniyah, Se'udah Shlishit
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זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Acrostic signature, Needing Attribution

A song for celebrating the Shabbat. . . .

ברכת המזון לשבת א׳ דנחמתא (נחמו)‏ | Birkat Hamazon additions for Shabbat Naḥamu, by Gabriel Wasserman

Contributor(s): Gabriel Wasserman, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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Tu b'Av, Blessings After Eating, Tisha b'Av
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acrostic, שבת נחמו Shabbat Naḥamu, ט״ו באב tu b'av, Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic signature

Supplemental prayers for the Birkat Hamazon on Tisha b’Av, Tu b’Av, and Shabbat Naḥamu by Gabriel Wasserman . . .

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

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

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