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acrostic —⟶ tag: acrostic Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of “Elohim Yisadenu” by a paytan named Avraham (possibly Avraham ibn Ezra) was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). . . . 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Aramaic, הפטרות haftarot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, תרגום targum, transtropilation, יציב פתגם Yetsiv Pitgam Contributor(s): A pizmon recited on the Fast of Tevet in the tradition of nusaḥ Ashkenaz. . . . 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Blois Incident of 1171, קינות Ḳinōt, סליחות səliḥot Contributor(s): This translation of “Ki Eshmera Shabbat” by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of a piyyut by Avraham ibn Ezra was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). . . . A translation of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . . A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . . This seliḥah poem, written by R. Joseph of Chartres, commemorates the martyrdom of approximately 150 Jews in Clifford’s Tower, York, England, in the year 1190. A summary of the events of 1190, sometimes referred to as “the English Masada,” can be found here. Like many medieval Jewish poems about massacres, Elohim B’alunu carefully treads the line between assuming guilt and declaring innocence. This poem, interestingly enough, directly calls out the person seen by R. Joseph of Chartres as ultimately responsible — the crusader King Richard Ⅰ. Beloved in Christian memory, this radical zealot of a king has a much darker, more horrific reputation among Jewish and Muslim groups. . . . Categories: Tags: 12th century C.E., 50th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, British Jewry, King Richard I, קינות Ḳinōt, סליחות səliḥot, York Massacre of 1190 Contributor(s): The text of the popular piyyut “Adir Bimlukhah” (a/k/a “Ki lo na’eh”) in Hebrew, with a Latin translation. . . . Categories: Tags: 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., acrostic, אדיר במלוכה Adir Bimlukhah, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): “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. . . . Ana is a poem for the first commandment, that discusses all that God did for the ancestors. . . . 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 42 letter divine name, acrostic, angelology, Angels, Divine name acrostic, ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The earliest recorded prayer or piyyut providing an acrostic for the 42 letter divine name. . . . Categories: Tags: 14th century C.E., 42 letter divine name, 52nd century A.M., acrostic, apotropaic prayers of protection, Byzantium, Divine name acrostic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prayers of redress, protection, ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah Contributor(s): The most well-known 42 letter divine name acrostic piyyut. . . . Categories: Tags: 42 letter divine name, acrostic, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, devotional interpretation, Divine name acrostic, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia, פיוטים piyyuṭim, singing translation Contributor(s): An early printing of the 42 divine name letter acrostic piyyut, Ana b’Khoaḥ. . . . A (kosher-for-Passover) prayer for redemption from exile. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This translation of the piyyut for Shabbat by Shlomo Al-Qabets can be found in HaAvodah SheBaLev – the Service of the Heart (Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem, 2007). . . . Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, לכה דודי Lekhah Dodi, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שבת shabbat Contributor(s): This translation by Rabbi David Aaron de Sola of “Yah Ribon” by Rabbi Yisrael Najara was first published in his Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1857). . . . Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): The piyyut, yah Ribon Olam, in Hebrew with a rhyming English translation. . . . Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, יה רבון Yah Ribon, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): | ||
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