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Contributor(s): Ḥayyim Obadyah and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תשפ״א (2021-09-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness
Tags:  סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אלהינו שבשמים Elohenu Shebashamayim 
This prayer appears on page 11-12 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variant of the prayer, “Eloheinu Shebashamayim,” a supplication read in the sephardic tradition during seliḥot. This version contains twenty-five lines as found in Sefer Selihot haShalem, Hazon Ovadia, p.48-51/. Other variations have fifty or more lines. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ באלול ה׳תשפ״א (2021-08-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating, Sigd Festival Prayers
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Break Fasts, Beta Esrael, Ethiopian Jewry, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon 
This is a poetic Birkat haMazon, similar to those found in the Cairo Geniza, intended for this specific break-fast meal. The editor has included the text in Hebrew, English, and an attempted Liturgical Ge’ez translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Franz Rosenzweig (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ט באב ה׳תשפ״א (2021-08-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mishlei (Proverbs), Se'udat Leil Shabbat
Tags: 20th century C.E., acrostic, 57th century A.M., German translation, German Jewry, Alphabetic Acrostic, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil 
The Masoretic Hebrew text of Proverbs 30:10-31, the alphabetic acrostic “Eshet Ḥayil,” with a German translation by Franz Rosenzweig. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ג באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-02-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 111 
Psalms 111, an alphabetic acrostic translated into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט׳ באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating, Tishah b'Av
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, סעודה המפסקת seudah hamafseket, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon 
A Birkat haMazon with additions for the pre-Fast meal of Tisha b’Av . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט״ו בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shivah Asar b'Tamuz
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Needing Attribution 
A penitential piyyut for the fast of the 17th of Tammuz. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Yaaqov ben Meir, Yonatan ben Uziel, the Masoretic Text and Ḥabaquq haNavi
Shared on ד׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-15) — under the following terms: Categories: Ḥabaquq, Shavuot Readings
Tags: acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, 12th century C.E., Acrostic signature, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, rhyming translation, 50th century A.M., Acrostic translation, יציב פתגם Yetsiv Pitgam 
The haftarah for the second day of Shavuot, Ḥabakkuk 2:20-3:19, interspersed with a cantillated text of the Targum Yonatan ben Uzziel. Since Targum Yonatan is a bit more drash-heavy than Targum Onkelos, it is translated separately as well. The haftarah reading includes the piyyut Yetsiv Pitgam, with an acrostic rhyming translation of the poem, with the second-to-last verse restored to its rightful place, as well as a concluding paragraph for the meturgeman to recite, as found in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Yanai haPayetan
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, 5th century C.E., 43rd century A.M., אז רוב נסים Az rov nisim 
The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Elazar ben Killir
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, 7th century C.E., 44th century A.M., אומץ גבורתיך Omets G'vuratekha 
The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Israel Brodie and Yisrael Najara
Shared on כ״ח באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, יה רבון Yah Ribon 
The piyyut, Yah Ribon, in Aramaic with an English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Paltiel Birnbaum (translation) and Yisrael Najara
Shared on כ״ח באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, יה רבון Yah Ribon
The piyyut, Yah Ribon, in Aramaic with an English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David de Sola Pool (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ח באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, free translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, pizmonim, Acrostic translation, אדון הסליחות Adon haSeliḥot 
An alphabetic acrostic pizmon for seliḥot and Yom Kippur with an alphabetic acrostic English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: acrostic, gender roles, Alphabetic Acrostic, Eyshet Ḥayil, gender expression, male role models 
Psalms 112 in Hebrew with English translation, arranged by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Simeon Singer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״א באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Purim
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, mid-first millennium CE, Needing Attribution 
An alphabetical acrostic piyyut celebrating the victory of Esther and Mordekhai over the forces of Haman. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shlomo Zuckier
Shared on כ״א בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Hoshana Rabbah, Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Needing Vocalization 
A Hoshana prayer supplement for Hoshana Rabbah during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2020. . . . 
Contributor(s): Raysh Weiss and Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation)
Shared on ג׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (2019-10-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit)
Tags: 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. . . . Shared on כ״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ט (2019-06-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: 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 Loading . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״א באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic signature, סעודה המפסקת seudah hamafseket 
This acrostic poetic form of Birkat haMazon was written for the se’udah mafseqet (pre-fast meal) before Yom Kippur, in the manner of the poetic Birkat haMazon variants recorded in the Cairo Geniza. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Cantor Hinda Labovitz and Meir ben Isaac Nehorai of Orléans
Shared on ד׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-27) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot
Tags: acrostic, בהמות behemot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, אקדמות Aqdamut 
An Aramaic piyyut composed as an introduction to the reading of the Targum for the Torah reading on Shavuot. . . . 
Contributor(s): Gabriel Wasserman, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Shared on ב׳ באב ה׳תשע״ג (2013-07-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating, Tishah b'Av
Tags: 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 . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)
Shared on כ׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ה באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Second Temple Period
Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Antiquity, apocryphal psalms, Psalms 151, Judaean Desert Scrolls 
Psalm 155 is an incomplete acrostic (the Dead Sea Scrolls text records it going from ב to נ, and the Syriac can be reconstructed to include up to פ) with similarities to petitionary psalms like Psalm 3, 22, and 143. It is unclear why it was not included in the Masoretic canon, but one can hazard a guess that it was just not familiar to the compilers. . . . 
Contributor(s): Daniel Olson and Benjamin Goldberg
Shared on א׳ באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tishah b'Av, Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: acrostic, קינות Ḳinnot, Alphabetic Acrostic, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלי ציון Eli Tsiyon 
An adaptation of the kinnah, “Eli Tsiyon v’Ar’eha,” Composed for Tisha B’Av 5780 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. . . . Shared on כ״ד בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joseph B. Meszler (translation) and Binyamin Holtzman
Shared on ט׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ה (2014-10-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: וידוי vidui, acrostic, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, confession, positive self-recognition, supplemental vidui, complementary vidui, Maale Gilboa, acknowledgment, Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, ישראל Yisrael 
A complementary (positive vidui) to supplement the harsh communal and personal vidu’im (confessions) being offered during the Zman Teshuvah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on י״ג באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Second Temple Period
Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, ציון Tsiyon, Classical Antiquity, Dead Sea Scrolls 
The Apostrophe to Zion is an alphabetical acrostic poem, directed at Zion in the second person. It has been found in multiple locations in Qumran, including the Great Psalms Scroll 11QPsa as well as another fragmentary scroll in 4Q88. It was considered a regular part of their psalmodic canon. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)
Shared on כ׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Moses Gaster (translation) and David ben Elazar ibn Paquda
Shared on ג׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Akiva Sanders (translation) and Salomone Rossi
Shared on כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Acrostic signature, pizmonim 
A zemer for shabbat, with English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Honi Sanders (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol
Shared on כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, eros, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, שיר נשירים shir hashirim 
A piyyut presenting a dialogue between a couple and Hashem. . . . 
Contributor(s): Honi Sanders (translation) and Menaḥem ibn Saruq
Shared on כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Acrostic signature, Sabbath Queen, 10th century C.E., 48th century A.M., feast of the righteous 
The popular table song for Shabbat. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira
Shared on י״א בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Second Temple Period
Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., Classical Antiquity, deuterocanonical works, Ecclesiasticus, Jews of Alexandria, Cairo Geniza, reconstructed text, Dead Sea Scrolls 
The end of the scroll of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) reconstructed from Cairo Geniza fragments not contained within the Septuagint. . . . 
Contributor(s): Adam Zagoria-Moffet (translation) and Shlomo ibn Gabirol
Shared on כ״ו באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Baqashot
Tags: 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. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on ג׳ בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Baqashot
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 12th century C.E., cosmological, 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Sefer Yetsirah, קדיש ḳaddish, רשות reshut, אגדלך Agadelkha
A popular piyyut for all occasions by Avraham ibn Ezra. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Rabbi Sam Seicol and Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
Shared on י״ט בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: acrostic, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Divine name acrostic 
A variation of the piyyut “Yedid Nefesh” in Hebrew with English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ד בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: acrostic, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 15th century C.E., Divine name acrostic, 52nd century A.M. 
A variation of the piyyut “Yedid Nefesh” in Hebrew with English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman and Shlomo haLevi Al-Qabets
Shared on י״ד בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat
Tags: שבת shabbat, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, לכה דודי Lekhah Dodi
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Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki
Shared on כ״ח בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-25) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Musaf l'Shabbat
Tags: acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud 
A translation of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . . 
Contributor(s): Akiva Sanders (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ד׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״פ (2019-12-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot, Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, הקפה ד׳ fourth haḳafah 
A popular piyyut for Simḥat Torah (4th hakkafah) originally composed as a piyyut for Shavuot and often referred to by its incipit, “Mipi El.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: acrostic, Latin translation, האל בתעצימות ha-El b'taatsumōt, in the merit of Yitsḥaq 
The text of the short prayer Shokhen Ad in Hebrew with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov, Hallel
Tags: acrostic, heikhalot literature, Latin translation, ובמקהלות uv'Maqhalot 
The text of the short prayer uv’Maqhalōt in Hebrew with a Latin translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Wikisource Contributors (proofreading), David Asher (translation) and Ephraim ben Avraham ben Yitsḥaq
Shared on ט׳ בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Asarah b'Tevet
Tags: 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. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Joseph ben Samuel Bonfils
Shared on ט׳ בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Asarah b'Tevet
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M.
“Ezkera Matsok” (I remember the distress) is a seliḥah in alphabetic acrostic recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Ashrei
Tags: תהלים Psalms, acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Alphabetic Acrostic, English vernacular prayer, affirmation, shame resilience, Acrostic translation 
A paraliturgical reflection of Ashrei for a shame resilience practice. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Masorti Movement in Israel and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ה באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: Nusaḥ Sefaradi, סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, pizmonim, אדון הסליחות Adon haSeliḥot 
A pizmon in the nusaḥ hasepharadim recited at Seliḥot during the monh of Elul and Yom Kippur. . . . 
Contributor(s): Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater
Shared on ט׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ט (2018-09-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: וידוי vidui, acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, confession, על חטא Al Ḥeyt, communal confession, paraliturgical vidui, paraliturgical Al Ḥet 
The Al Cheyt (literally meaning “For the sin…”) is a confessional litany recited on Yom Kippur. It is an alphabetical acrostic; each one of its verses starting with a successive letter of the aleph-beit, to represent not only the moral failings that are specifically enumerated there, but the fullness of every way in which we missed the mark in the previous year. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Asher (translation) and Saadiah ben Yosef Gaon
Shared on ג׳ בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-09-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Tsom Gedalyah
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, קינות Ḳinnot, Alphabetic Acrostic, elegies, 47th century A.M., 10th century C.E. 
A seliḥah for the Fast of Gedalyah, attributed to Rav Saadia Gaon. . . . 
Contributor(s): Avi Weiss
Shared on כ״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ו (2016-09-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur
Tags: וידוי vidui, acrostic, North America, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., New York, Alphabetic Acrostic, confession, Open Orthodoxy, positive self-recognition, supplemental vidui, complementary vidui 
Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez writes, “Rav Avi spoke to us a few times as he was working through [composing] this [vidui] and I am truly moved by it. Let us not only remember and confess our wrong doings, but also what we did right this year.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Peri Sinclair and Alex Sinclair
Shared on ז׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat
Tags: Feminism, love, eros, acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Masorti, Modi'in, ישראל Yisrael, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil 
Peri and Alex Sinclair’s adaptation of the traditional Eishet Ḥayil, replacing a number of verses with ones selected from Shir haShirim (the Song of Songs/Canticles), Genesis, and elsewhere in Mishlei (Proverbs). . . . 
Contributor(s): Sara Lapidot (translation) and Refael Antebi Tabbush
Shared on י׳ בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 19th century C.E., acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 57th century A.M., Acrostic signature 
The piyyut, Refa Tsiri, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joel Goldstein (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ה (2015-02-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tishah b'Av
Tags: acrostic, קינות Ḳinnot, Alphabetic Acrostic, אלי ציון Eli Tsiyon 
One of the most well-known of the kinot (liturgical poems for mourning), Eli Tsiyon v’Areha is an alphabetical acrostic describing the destruction of Jerusalem. It is recited towards the conclusion of ḳinot, due to the hopeful note in the comparison of Zion to a woman about to give birth, thought by many to be a messianic reference. The author of the work is unknown. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״ט באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Blessings After Eating
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic signature 
This is a poetic text for Birkat haMazon, signed with an alphabetical acrostic and the name of the author, to be recited on the first of Elul. It celebrates the variety of God’s creation as exemplified by the natural diversity of species, as well as alluding to the livestock tithes traditionally assigned on the first of Elul. . . . 
Contributor(s): Dalia Marx and Aharon N. Varady (translation)
Shared on כ״ד בתשרי ה׳תשע״ו (2015-10-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah
Tags: acrostic, Hoshana Rabbah, hoshanot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Haqafot, ישראל Yisrael 
A supplemental hoshana (prayer for salvation) for healing and consolation for the sake of true love, needed blessings, rainfall in a timely fashion, paths and their repair, mountains and their crossing, goals and objectives, lasting memories, good dreams, cosmic goodness, etc. . . . 
Contributor(s): Neria Haroeh (translation), Karaite Jews of America and Elyaqim haPayyetan
Shared on כ״ח באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Motsei Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Acrostic signature, הבדלות havdalot 
A zemirah for havdallah by an otherwise unknown rabbinic payyetan known only by his signature acrostic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ד׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: acrostic, in the merit of Aharon haKohen, Maghrebi Jewry, Needing Source Images 
Emunim ʿIrkhu Shevaḥ is a brief piyyut recited in North African communities in Rabban Gamliel’s list, between Pesaḥ and Maror. It spells out “Aaron the Priest” as an alphabetical acrostic, but it is uncertain whether this is an authorial signature or a mystical reference to the Biblical figure. . . . 
Contributor(s): Jonah Rank and Fradji Sawat
Shared on י״ז בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Béja, Tunisia 
A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nina Davis Salaman (translation) and Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
Shared on י״ג בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ב (2021-09-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Divine name acrostic, rhyming translation 
The piyyut, Yedid Nefesh, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
Shared on כ׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: interpretive translation, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Divine name acrostic 
A variation of the piyyut, Yedid Nefesh, in Hebrew with a creative English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Sara Lapidot (translation) and Avraham ibn Ezra
Shared on י״ב בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Baqashot
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 12th century C.E., cosmological, 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Sefer Yetsirah, קדיש ḳaddish, רשות reshut, אגדלך Agadelkha
The piyyut, Agadelkha, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Israel Abrahams and Yisrael Najara
Shared on י״ג בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ב (2021-09-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon
The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with a rhyming English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Sara Lapidot (translation) and Yisrael Najara
Shared on י״א בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature, יה רבון Yah Ribon
The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Sara Lapidot (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י׳ בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, heikhalot literature, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, יוצר אור yotser ohr, אל אדון el adon 
The piyyut, El Adon, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: interpretive translation, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, heikhalot literature, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, יוצר אור yotser ohr, אל אדון el adon
The piyyut, El Adon, in Hebrew with an interpretive “praying translation” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalom, z”l. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Musaf l'Shabbat
Tags: acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud
A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ד במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mishlei (Proverbs), Se'udat Leil Shabbat
Tags: interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, devotional interpretation, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive translation of Proverbs 31:10-31, popularly read before the first festive meal for shabbat on Friday night. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)
Shared on כ״ט באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot, Blessings After Eating
Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Cairo Geniza, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon 
A Birkat haMazon for Shavuot presenting an alphabetic acrostic from a manuscript preserved in the Cairo Geniza. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature 
An interpretive translation of Yehudah haLevi’s shabbat song, “Yom Shabbaton.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Akiva Sanders (translation) and Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi
Shared on כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Motsei Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Angelic Protection, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, הבדלות havdalot, המבדיל בין קדש לחל Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l'Ḥol 
The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yehudah ben Hillel haLevi
Shared on י״ח בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, Public Amidah, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Cairo Geniza, קרובות ḳerovot, ethnobotany, עמידה amidah 
Ḳerovot for Tu biShvat, a celebration of Divine verdancy, which namedrops a stunning array of flora from throughout the land of Israel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Shared on כ״ט בכסלו ה׳תש״פ (2019-12-27) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Ashrei, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: acrostic, Psalms 145, Alphabetic Acrostic, תהלה tehillah 
Ashrei, complete with introductory verses and a lost verse to complete the acrostic from the Chronicle of Gad the Seer. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Shared on ז׳ בסיון ה׳תשע״ט (2019-06-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ashrei, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: acrostic, Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Alphabetic Acrostic, Poteaḥ et Yodekha, Daily Hallel 
Psalms 145 in Hebrew with English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation) and Isaiah Horowitz
Shared on ז׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ט (2018-12-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Dying
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, ascent, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, אל ברוך El Barukh, between life and death 
A piyyut providing the 42 letter divine name as an acrostic, recorded in the work of Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Sam Seicol, the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Shared on י״ז באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Ashrei, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: תהלים Psalms, acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic translation 
A modern translation of the Ashrei in alphabetic parallel to the Hebrew. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ה בתשרי ה׳תשע״ח (2017-10-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Dying, Birkhot haShaḥar, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: interpretive translation, acrostic, Jewish Renewal, פיוטים piyyutim, Philadelphia, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, singing translation, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, devotional interpretation 
The most well-known 42 letter divine name acrostic piyyut. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac ben Shem Tov Cavallero
Shared on י״ז באדר ב׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-03-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Dying, Birkhot haShaḥar, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: acrostic, Spanish Translation, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic 
An early printing of the 42 divine name letter acrostic piyyut, Ana b’Khoaḥ. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ט (2018-12-16) — under the following terms: Public Domain (17 U.S. Code §105 - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works) Categories: Dying, Imminent Communal Danger & Distress
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, protection, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, Byzantium, 14th century C.E., Prayers of redress, apotropaic prayers of protection, 52nd century A.M., ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah 
The earliest recorded prayer or piyyut providing an acrostic for the 42 letter divine name. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, נרצה Nirtsah, Latin translation, אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah 
The text of the popular piyyut “Adir Bimlukhah” (a/k/a “Ki lo na’eh”) in Hebrew, with a Latin translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Nirtsah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, אדיר הוא Adir Hu 
The alphabetic acrostic piyyut, Adir Hu, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel as found in his translation of the Pesaḥ seder haggadah, Liber Rituum Paschalium (1644). . . . 
Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation) and Avraham Maimin
Shared on כ״ו באייר ה׳תשע״ט (2019-05-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udah Shlishit
Tags: 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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Shulḥan Orekh
Tags: 20th century C.E., acrostic, symbolic foods, 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, diaspora, Maxwell House coffee, mnemonic 
Why is this coffee different from all other coffees? Because Maxwell House coffee is a deeply spiritual representation of the Diaspora experience. . . . 
Contributor(s): Karaite Jews of America and Ya'aqov ha-Paitan
Shared on י״ט באדר ב׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-03-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat, Se'udah Shlishit
Tags: זמירות zemirot, acrostic, Acrostic signature, Needing Attribution 
A song for celebrating the Shabbat. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Hillel ben Yaaqov of Bonn
Shared on כ׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Khaf Sivan, Tishah b'Av
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, קינות Ḳinnot, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., Blois Incident of 1171 
Some Jewish communities, especially those in the region of the Four Lands, have a custom of fasting on the 20th of Sivan. This day has a full seliḥot service, commemorating a series of horrors that occurred on that day, most prominently the Chmielnicki (Khmielnetsky) massacres of 1648-49. But this poem was written for another horrific occurrence on 20 Sivan, the blood libel of Blois in 1171. This was the first time the accusation of ritual murder was ever made against the Jews of France, but it wasn’t the last. This seliḥah poem, written by Hillel ben Jacob of Bonn, starts with the dramatic accusation that God has abandoned the people Israel, continuing by listing those who died in myriad horrid ways, and ending with several citations from the apocalyptic final chapter of the book of Joel. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Abe Katz (translation) and Isaac Goldstein
Shared on י״ח בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (2012-02-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)
Tags: 19th century C.E., United States, acrostic, Presidents Day, emancipation, קינות Ḳinnot, civil rights, 57th century A.M., Memorial prayers, Abraham Lincoln, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders, elegies 
Exalted are you Lincoln. Who is like you! You were highly respected among Kings and Princes. All that you accomplished you did with a humble spirit. You are singular and cannot be compared to anyone else. Who among the great are like Lincoln? Who can be praised like you? . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Eden Pearlstein and Shir Yaakov Feinstein-Feit
Shared on כ״ז בכסלו ה׳תשע״ו (2015-12-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Art & Craft, Yotser Ohr
Tags: hip hop, acrostic, Aleph-Bet, animation, otiyot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Prayers as poems, English piyyutim, Sefer Yetsirah, אל ברוך El Barukh, rap, יוצר אור yotser ohr 
A song by Darshan including the alphabetic acrostic piyyut, El Barukh, part of the morning Yotser Ohr blessing made prior to the Shema at the official beginning of the Shaḥarit service. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Abe Katz (translation) and Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Shalome
Shared on כ״ז בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (2012-02-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Inauguration Day (January 20th), Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February)
Tags: United States, acrostic, Presidents Day, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Western Sepharadim, George Washington, American Jewry of the United States, Prayers for leaders 
The following prayer for the government was composed by Congregation Beth Shalome in Richmond, Virginia in 1789. Please note the acrostic portion of the prayer in which the initial letters of the succeeding lines form the name: Washington. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Elazar ben Killir
Shared on כ״ג בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-04-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tishah b'Av
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, קינות Ḳinnot, Alphabetic Acrostic, Public Amidah, Acrostic signature, 7th century C.E., 45th century A.M., קרובות ḳerovot, עמידה amidah 
Many communities recite a series of poems interwoven with the Amidah on Purim. These poems, known as the “krovets,” were written by Elazar b. Rabbi Kalir, the greatest of the early paytanim. But lesser known than the krovets for Purim are the krovets for Tisha b’Av, written as well by Elazar b. Rabbi Kalir. A fine example of Elazar’s intricate poetry, the krovets for Tisha b’Av is rife with Biblical citations, finally culminating with the prayer for Jerusalem. Each stanza begins with five tightly rhymed lines beginning with a constant א followed by a quintuple half-acrostic on the second letter, then a poetic volta on the word אֵיכָה, followed by a Biblical citation, a verse starting with the last word in the citation, a letter from Elazar’s name, and a final Biblical citation. The krovets for Tisha b’Av is meant to be part of the morning service, tied into the cantorial repetition for Tisha b’Av. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט״ו באייר ה׳תשע״ז (2017-05-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Pesaḥ Sheni
Tags: acrostic, North America, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Acrostic signature 
A piyyut for an under-recognized holiday, Pesaḥ Sheni, the festival of second chances (as described in Numbers 9:6-13 and Mishnah Pesaḥim 9:1-3. I attempted to write this in the manner of a traditional piyyut. The meter is equivalent to the Shabbat zamir “Ot Hi l’Olmei Ad.” The Hebrew spells out Yod – Tzadi – Ḥet – Kuf, because that’s my name. The translation is original, along with the notes. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ו באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-03-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Contemplation
Tags: acrostic, Angels, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, angelology, ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah 
A litany of angelic names recorded in Sefer haPeliah whose initial letters spells out the 42 letter divine name as also found (in variation) in Sefer HaQanah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Shared on ה׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: acrostic, Yemenite Jewry, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, 9th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Mizraḥi Jewry, Needing Source Images 
Rav Saadia Gaon lists three additions to the Seder Pesaḥ which he considers not necessary, but acceptable. This is the third, a poetic insert of the blessing of redemption known as Ata Ga’alta. In the form of an alphabetical acrostic, this poem is still recited in many eastern communities including the Babylonians, Persians, and Yemenites, and was a feature of the the old Kaifeng rite. Here it is recorded and translated into English according to the nusaḥ of Saadia Gaon, with notes in several locations for additional phrases used in some customs. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ט באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ט (2019-03-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Contemplation
Tags: acrostic, Angels, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, angelology, ספר הקנה Sefer haQanah 
A litany of angelic names recorded in Sefer HaQanah, whose initial letters spells out the 42 letter divine name as also found in Sefer haPeliah. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ב באייר ה׳תשע״ב (2012-05-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, Ḥanukkah, Shavuot, Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72), Shabbat, Sukkot, Sefirat ha'Omer, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: acrostic, labyrinth, cyclical, barley, wheat, first fruits, anxiety, Psalms 67, Raḥav, shalmah, a red ribbon, walled cities, captives, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic
Psalm 67 is a priestly blessing for all the peoples of the earth to be sustained by the earth’s harvest (yevulah), and it is a petition that all humanity recognize the divine nature (Elohim) illuminating the world. Composed of seven verses, the psalm is often visually depicted as a seven branched menorah. There are 49 words in the entire psalm, and in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l there is one word for each day of the Sefirat haOmer. Similarly, the fifth verse has 49 letters and each letter can be used as a focal point for meditating on the meaning of the day in its week in the journey to Shavuot, the festival of weeks (the culmination of the barley harvest), and the festival of oaths (shevuot) in celebration of receiving the Torah. Many of the themes of Psalm 67 are repeated in the prayer Ana b’Koaḥ, which also has 49 words, and which are also used to focus on the meaning of each day on the cyclical and labyrinthine journey towards Shavuot. . . . |
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