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אדיר הוא | Awesome One: an Alphabetical English Interpretation of the piyyut Adir Hu, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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אדיר הוא Adir Hu, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, English vernacular prayer, English piyyutim

Adir Hu, a classic Pesaḥ song if ever there was one, is a part of Seder tables all over the planet. Its alphabetical list of God’s attributes, combined with its repeated pleas for a return to Jerusalem, make it a classic, to the point where the traditional German farewell greeting for Passover was not “chag sameach” or “gut yontef” but “bau gut” – build well. This interpretation, while not a direct translation by any means, has the same rhythmic pattern and alphabetical structure, giving a sense of the greatness of God. . . .

אוֹרָה הִיא | Orah Hee (She is light), a piyyut by Rabbi Jill Hammer (2008)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D.

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acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Divine Feminine, אדיר הוא Adir Hu

“Orah hee” was composed by Rabbi Jill Hammer in 2008 and first published at Tel Shemesh in romanized Hebrew and English translation. . . .

בּױגעזאנג | Baugesang (Building Song): an alphabetical Yiddish adaptation of the piyyut Adir Hu (1769)

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Acrostic translation, זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Yiddish translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, Yiddish vernacular prayer, אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Needing Source Images

This Western Yiddish alphabetical adaptation of Adir Hu is first found in the 1769 Selig Haggadah, under the name of “Baugesang” (meaning Building Song). It grew to be a beloved part of the Western Ashkenazi rite, to the point where the traditional German Jewish greeting after the Seder was “Bau gut,” or “build well!” . . .

אַדִּיר הוּא | Adir Hu, the acrostic piyyut in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel (1644)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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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). . . .