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שמחת בת | Simḥat Bat of Amalya Shaḥar Exler-Kaunfer, by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler

Contributor(s):

Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler

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Brit Milah & Simḥat Bat

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58th century A.M., ceremony, infants, parent, prayers concerning children, naming, Prayers on behalf of children, Torah as milk, שמחת בת simḥat bat, שבועות Shavuot, הדר Hadar, Parents blessing children, dairy foods, soporifics, 21st century C.E.

In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony. Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy. In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs (4:11): “Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon.” . . .

💬 מְגִילַּת יְהוּדִית לְאָמְרָהּ בַּחֲנֻכָּה | Megillat Yehudit, the Medieval Scroll of Judith to be said on Ḥanukkah

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Susan Weingarten (translation), Moshe Shmi'el Dascola and Unknown Author(s)

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Extracanonical Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings, Ḥag haBanot (Eid el Benat)

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resistance, Megillat Yehudit, High Middle Ages, 14th century C.E., heroic women, women, חג הבנות Ḥag HaBanot, Judith, anti-predatory, 52nd century A.M., dairy foods, derivative work, soporifics

This is a faithful transcription of the text of the medieval Megillat Yehudith (the Scroll of Judith), not to be confused with the deutero-canonical Book of Judith, authored in Antiquity. We have further set this text side-by-side with the English translation made by Susan Weingarten, and vocalized and cantillated the Hebrew so that it may be chanted. . . .

בְּכִסְלֵו – מאבן בֹחן | On Kislev, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Susan Weingarten (translation) and Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir

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Ḥanukkah, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

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Even Boḥan, anti-predatory, dairy foods, 51st century A.M., Megillat Yehudit, 14th century C.E., the Rainbow, Megillat Antiokhus, Late Middle Ages

Before potatoes entered the diet of Ashkenazi Jews, latkes were cheese pancakes, or cassola, as described in “Even Boḥan” (Touchstone), a satyrical poem by Rabbi Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir (b.1286-died after 1328). . . .