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

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

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

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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, 52nd century A.M., acrostic

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.), translated by Gabriel Wasserman

Contributor(s):

Gabriel Wasserman, Aharon ben Yosef of Constantinople and Ḳaraite Jews of America

Categories:

Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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

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