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Alphabetic Acrostic —⟶ tag: Alphabetic Acrostic Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The Yiddish translation of the Aramaic piyyut “Arkin” is appended to the first known printing of the Maaséh Aqdamut (Fürth 1694). The transcription is based on an earlier transcription of the Fürth 1694 printing published by Isaac Rivkind in “די היסטאָרישע אַלעגאָריע פון ר׳ מאיר שַ״ץ” (“The Historical Allegory of Rabbi Meir, shatz [Shaliaḥ Tsibur]”) the first chapter in Filologishe shriftn vol. 3 (1929), pp. 1-42. (This translation of the Aqdamut appears on pages/numbered columns 40-42.) Categories: Tags: acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Angelic Nature, Angelification, Angels, Aramaic, ארכין Arkin, Decalogue, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, mid-first millennium CE, Mosheh Rabbenu, פיוטים piyyuṭim, תרגום targum, Yiddish translation Contributor(s): The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. Categories: Tags: 43rd century A.M., 5th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אז רוב נסים Az rov nisim, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim Contributor(s): This Aramaic poem, written in the early Byzantine era by an unknown author, can be found in its entirety within the Targum Sheni for Esther 7:9. It features an argument between an assortment of trees over which one is required to bear the great dishonor of having to be the one to hold Haman. It’s also chock-full of anti-Christian polemic and references to Toledot Yeshu. This piyyut of unknown authorship is certainly ancient, showing the lack of a rhyme scheme characteristic of the REALLY old piyyutim (see also Aleinu or El Adon). It is still found in some Ashkenazi and Teman maḥzorim, with many different mostly minor variants (which have been combined together somewhat eclectically into one text here). It is presented here along with an English translation attempting to preserve the Hebrew acrostic. Originally it was recited before the Ashrei leading into musaf, but perhaps for those who follow Ashkenazi customs a more appropriate location would be as an introduction to the Yizkor service on Shmini ‘Atzeret — which for those who don’t keep second-day yontef is the same day. It could also be adapted as part of the liturgy for the seventh of Adar, although the final verse (the old Western rite berakha for finishing a full Torah cycle) would have to be elided. 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). Categories: Tags: 17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., acrostic, אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): 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!” The Italian rite, unique among Jewish rites, has preserved up until very recently the custom recorded in the Talmud, Masekhet Tagnanith, for communally declared fast days. In this rite, sometimes referred to as the Twenty-Four Blessings, six more blessings are added to the liturgy — the Zikhronot and Shofrot portions more commonly recited on Rosh haShanah, and four different psalms, all interspaced with a poetic litany on behalf of the ancestors’ merit and shofar blasts. It’s a fascinatng service! An alphabetical acrostic piyyut celebrating the victory of Esther and Mordekhai over the forces of Haman. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The piyyut, Omets G’vurotekha by Elazar ha-Qalir, in its Latin translation by Johann Stephan Rittangel. Categories: Tags: 44th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Latin translation, אומץ גבורתיך Omets G'vuratekha, פיוטים piyyuṭim Contributor(s): This is the piyyut, “Aamir Otekha Selah” by Elazar ben Qallir for Sukkot, as translated into rhyming English verse by Alice Montefiore Lucas, first published in her anthology of versified translations Songs of Zion by Hebrew Singers of Mediæval Times (1894). Her translation was later set opposite Qallir’s Hebrew text in Maḥzor Avodat Ohel Moed: Avodat Ḥag haSukkot (ed. Arthur Davis & Herbert Adler, 1908). This is the abridged rhyming English translation by Katie Magnus for the piyyut “Aɐpid Nézer Ayom” by Elazar ben Qalir. The translation is found in Hebert Adler and Arthur Davis’s Maḥzor Avodat Ohel Moed: Avodat Yom haZikaron (1907), pp. 102-103. This is the piyyut “Az K’einei Avadim (As slaves, with eyes beseeching,…)” by an unknown paytan for the seventh circuit of the Hoshana Rabba service (on the seventh and final day of Sukkot), published in Adler and Davis’s Maḥzor for Sukkot, Avodat Ḥag ha-Sukkot (1908), pp. 183. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is the piyyut “Az K’einei Avadim (As slaves, with eyes beseeching,…)” by an unknown paytan for the seventh circuit of the Hoshana Rabba service (on the seventh and final day of Sukkot), published in Adler and Davis’s Maḥzor for Sukkot, Avodat Ḥag ha-Sukkot (1908), pp. 183. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is the piyyut “Aɐpid Nézer Ayom” by Elazar ben Qalir with the English translation of Paltiel Birnbaum found in his Maḥzor haShalem l’Rosh Hashanah v’Yom Kippur (1951), pp. 223-226. 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. Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah, קינות Ḳinōt Contributor(s): The poetic genre known as ḳerovot, brief poems woven throughout the repetition of the weekday Amidah, is nowadays most closely associated with Elazar biRabbi Qallir’s Purim “Qrovetz“, a majestically interwoven piece of piyyut if ever there was one. But there are many other ḳerovot that have historically been recited, and this one is by the same author! The weekday qerovot cycle for Ḥanukkah, retelling the story of the Greek oppression using intricate poetic language. Included within is a qedushtah that instructs us on some of the halakhic requirements for the Ḥanukkah lights. Categories: Tags: 43rd century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, קרובות ḳerovot, Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah Contributor(s): Qallir’s reshut for the Ṭal service on the first day of Pesaḥ. Also included is an acrostic English translation, as well as the catena of verses found in manuscripts but missing from most modern printings Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, מוריד הטל morid hatal, Prayers for Precipitation, רשויות reshuyot, water cycle Contributor(s): The complete qedushta cycle (colloquially called “yotzros,” although it is not technically yotzrot but rather qerovot) for Shabbat Sheqalim by Qallir, including all the catenae of verses and repeated refrains often skipped in Ashkenazi practice. Alphabetical texts are translated with alphabetical acrostics. Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, four special parashot, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah, שבת שקלים Shabbat Sh'qalim Contributor(s): A zulat (a piyyut to be inserted before “Ezrat Avotenu” in the morning liturgy) attributed to Qallir, to be recited on Shabbat haḤodesh. Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, four special parashot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, שבת החודש Shabbat haḤodesh, יוצרות yotsrot, זולת zulat Contributor(s): The complete qedushta cycle for Shabbat Zakhor by Qallir, including all the catenae of verses and repeated refrains often skipped in Ashkenazi practice. Alphabetical texts are translated with alphabetical acrostics. Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, alphabetic acrostic translation, עמידה amidah, four special parashot, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, pre-Purim, Problematic prayers, Public Amidah, שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor Contributor(s): | ||
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