As we prepare to observe Tishah b’Av and commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem that led to the exile of the Jewish people for centuries to come, we are acutely aware that we find ourselves in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in recorded history, with more than 68 million people displaced worldwide. Given these extraordinary numbers, the continued attacks on asylum and the refugee resettlement program in the United States over the last eighteen months are even more inhumane. Of course, we know that the proverbial 10th of Av will come, and we will rise up from our mourning with renewed resolve to support refugees and asylum seekers. First, though, we take time to dwell fully in the mourning demanded by the 9th of Av. We fervently lament the many cruel actions this administration has taken to limit the ability of refugees and asylum seekers to seek safety in our country, and we mourn for lives destroyed and lives lost. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Bayit: Your Jewish Home
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Categories:  Modern Miscellany, Purim Readings
Tags:  United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, Women's History Month, tropified texts, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
Purim affirms Esther’s stand against official silencing, abuse of power, misogyny and anti-Semitism. At first an outsider, Queen Esther used her insider power to reveal and thwart official hatred that threatened Jewish life and safety. We celebrate one woman’s courageous cunning to right grievous wrongs within corrupt systems. The archetype of heroic woman standing against hatred continues to call out every society still wrestling with official misogyny, power abuses and silencing. For every official silencing and every threat to equality and freedom, may we all live the lesson of Esther and all who stand in her shoes: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” . . .
A digital font integrating Masoretic Hebrew cantillation marks in languages presented in Latin scripts. . . .
Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
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Categories: Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Parashat Yitro, Shavuot Readings
Tags: English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, theophany, Har Sinai, Decalogue, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim 
A Torah reading of Parashat Yitro in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for the first day of Shavuot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Megillah reading of Rūt (Ruth) with English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Qedoshim in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Shemini Atseret, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Transtropilation of an English translation for the first and second days of Rosh Hashanah, by Len Fellman. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Devarim in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Yitro, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A reading of Shir haShirim (the Songs of Songs, a/k/a Canticles) with English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for the first day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Miqets in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for the second day of Shavuot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Bereshit in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Noaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The Torah reading of Parashat Vayera in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Megillah reading of Yonah with English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat va’Etḥanan in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
This is an English translation of the Haftarah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah (I Samuel 1:1-2:10), transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat R’éh in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): Jack Kessler (trōpification), Marcia Prager and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Categories: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags: United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hafatarot, Cantillized readings in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
These quotations from Dr. King’s speeches were edited by Rabbi Marcia Prager and set to Haftarah Trop by Hazzan Jack Kessler. This adaptation was first published in Kerem (Fall 2014), in Jack Kessler’s article, “English Leyning: Bringing New Meaning to the Torah Service.” . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Categories: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Readings, Modern Miscellany
Tags: United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hafatarot, Cantillized readings in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
In 2017, Rabbi David Evan Markus prepared the end of Dr. King’s famous speech read at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28, 1963) with trope (t’amim, cantillation). The following year on Facebook he shared a recording of the reading hosted on Soundcloud. Rabbi Markus writes, “This weekend at Temple Beth El of City Island, I offered the end of Dr. King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, which I set to haftarah trope because I hold Dr. King to be a prophet. When my community applauded, I offered President Obama’s response, ‘Don’t clap: vote.’ And do more than vote: organize, donate, volunteer, help, heal, advocate. Only then, in Dr. King’s words quoting Isaiah 40:5, will ‘all flesh see it together.'” . . .
The Torah reading of Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayeḥi in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A kinnah composed by a concentration camp survivor. . . .
A Megillah reading of Esther with English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A “transtropilation” of an English translation of Lamentations (Eikhah) by Len Fellman. . . .
The hafatarah reading for the first Shabbat of Ḥanukkah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Tsav in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Shemot in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Va’era in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Sefaradi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat v’Zot haBrakhah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Toldot in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayetsei in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Shoftim in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayishlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayishlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Mishpatim in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Miqets in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Terumah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayigash in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat T’tsavveh in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeḥi, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat va’Etḥanan, Shabbat Naḥamu, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Terumah, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Vayaqhel in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Toldōt, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for the second Shabbat of Ḥanukkah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat b’Midbar, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for the first day of Sukkot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeshsev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Bo in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Bereshit in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .
This is an English translation of Megillat Qohelet, (Kohelet/Ecclesiastes), transtropilized (a term coined by Fellman to describe texts where the Masoretic cantillation has been applied to the translation). This translation is based on the translations by H.L.Ginsberg, Stone Ed. Tanach, Jerusalem Bible, New King James Bible, and the JPS Tanach (both 1917 & 1999). This English translations is sung to the tropes by Len Fellman according to the melodies of Portnoy & Wolff. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat B’shalaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayaqhel in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Vayiqra, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Vayiqra in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Ph’qudei in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat b’Ḥuqotai in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Éqev in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Aḥarei Mot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Sh’mini in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Ki Tissa in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): Jack Kessler (trōpification) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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Categories: Esther, Purim Readings
Tags: 20th century C.E., מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, Cantillized readings in English, Mordekhai, Esther, Megillah Readings in English, Shushan, purimspiel 
The Megillah of Esther: An Original English Rendition (set to trop) by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler was first published in 1990. This second “version 2.0” edition was published in 2016. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Ph’qudei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
This is an English translation of the Torah reading for Ḥol HaMo’ed Sukkot (Exodus 33:12-34:26), transtropilized (a term coined by Fellman to describe texts where the Masoretic cantillation has been applied to the translation). This translation is based on the translations by H.L.Ginsberg, Stone Ed. Tanach, Jerusalem Bible, New King James Bible, and the JPS Tanach (both 1917 & 1999). . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Va’era, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Tazria in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Ki Tissa in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Metsora in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text
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Categories: Parashat Vayiqra, Special Haftarot, Shmuel (Samuel), Parashat Terumah, Parashat T'tsavveh
Tags: English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, four special parashot, pre-Purim, שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor 
The haftarah reading for Shabbat Zakhor preceding Purim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Aḥarei Mōt in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Matot in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Ashkenazi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with erev Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Emor in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Vayera in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat b’Har in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Tazria, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Metsora, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Mas’ei in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeḥezqel ben Būzi haKohen
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Categories: Special Haftarot, Parashat Tsav, Parashat Sh'mini, Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel), Parashat Ki Tissa, Parashat Vayaqhel
Tags: English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, four special parashot, שבת פרה Shabbat Parah, pre-Pesaḥ 
The haftarah reading for Shabbat Parah (after Purim, preceding Shabbat haḤodesh), in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Transtropilation of an English translation for the morning Torah reading on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16:1-34), by Len Fellman. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Bamidbar in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for the second day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Naso in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayigash, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat b’Ha’alotekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
The hafatarah reading for Parashat Tsav, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
A Torah reading of Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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