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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 | Tags:

North America, egalitarian, traditional egalitarian, piyyutim, Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, Ushpizata, Acrostic signature, ushpizin, 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). . . .

מִי שֶׁעָנָה…הוּא יַעֲנֵנוּ | Mi she’Anah…Hu Ya’anenu :: A Star Trek Seliḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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Yom Kippur, Days of Awe (Yamim Nora'im) | Tags:

seliḥot, egalitarian, teshuva, Star Trek, Avot and Imahot, Mi She’anah, crossovers, Jews of Star Trek, 24th century C.E., deuterocanonical, United Federation of Planets, Starfleet, liturgy of the wandering stars, 62nd century A.M.

A derivation of the popular piyyut for the Yamim Noraim, “Mi She’anu” which references the archetypal characters of the Star Trek paracosm. . . .

מי שענה… הוא יעננו | Mi She’anah… Hu Ya’anenu – A Seliḥah for Yom Kippur (egal adaptation by Lisa Exler and R’ Julia Andelman, 2004)

Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s), Lisa Exler and Rabbi Julia Andelman
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Yom Kippur, Days of Awe (Yamim Nora'im) | Tags:

seliḥot, North America, egalitarian, traditional egalitarian, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, Mi She’anah

An egalitarian adaptation of the seliḥa for Yom Kippur. . . .

סדר אושפיזין / אושפיזתא | Seder Ushpizin and Ushpizata: Inviting the Avot and Imahot into your Sukkah by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Noam Sienna
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Sukkot, Art | Tags:

Ancestors, archetypes, sefirot, kabbalah, spirits, North America, אושפיזין, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, Ushpizata, Prayers inside sukkot, ushpizin

The essential idea of the liturgy of Ushpizin is to invoke the energies of the seven lower Sefirot in the proper order, so that Shefa, blessing and sustenance, can be drawn down into the world. This is the essence of Kabbalistic liturgy, and a liturgy of the imahot would only make sense if it were to follow that pattern. That means we have the playfully serious task of finding a stable order for the imahot where no clear order exists. . . .

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

מִי שֶׁעָנָה…הוּא יַעֲנֵנוּ | Mi she’Anah…Hu Ya’anenu :: A Star Trek Seliḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

מי שענה… הוא יעננו | Mi She’anah… Hu Ya’anenu – A Seliḥah for Yom Kippur (egal adaptation by Lisa Exler and R’ Julia Andelman, 2004)

סדר אושפיזין / אושפיזתא | Seder Ushpizin and Ushpizata: Inviting the Avot and Imahot into your Sukkah by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)