tagged: Byzantium • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

שַׁבָּת וַחֲנֻכָּה נִגְּשׁוּ וַיְרִיבוּן (מִי כָמוֹךָ)‏ | Shabbat and Ḥanukkah Met and Fought, a piyyut by Shlomoh ben Eliyahu Sharvit HaZahav (ca. 15th c.)

Contributor(s):

Jonah Rank and Shlomoh ben Eliyahu Sharvit haZahav

Categories:

Ḥanukkah

Tags:

rap battles, מי כמוך Mi Khamokha, פיוטים piyyutim, 15th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Byzantium, blessings following the shema

A 15th century Ḥanukkah vs. Shabbat rap battle. Technically it’s not a rap battle–just a piyyut introducing “Mi Khamokha” in the blessing after the Shema on the Shabbat morning of Ḥanukkah . . . .

אֱלֹהִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | Elohim b’Yisrael :: A piyyut containing the 42 Letter Name, recorded in Sefer haPeliah

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Dying, Imminent Communal Danger & Distress

Tags:

52nd century A.M., acrostic, ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah, פיוטים piyyutim, protection, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, Byzantium, 14th century C.E., Prayers of redress, apotropaic prayers of protection

The earliest recorded prayer or piyyut providing an acrostic for the 42 letter divine name. . . .

אשׂא למרחוק | Essa Lameraḥoq by Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople (13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople and Ḳaraite Jews of America

Categories:

Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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Acrostic signature, קדושה Qedushah, פיוטים piyyutim, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Byzantium, Byzantine Empire, Karaism, Constantinople, the 7th Day

Essa Lameraḥoq by Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople, with an English translation. . . .