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tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This is the piyyut, “Aamir Otekha Selah” by Elazar ben Qallir for Sukkot, as translated into rhyming English verse by Alice Montefiore Lucas, first published in her anthology of versified translations Songs of Zion by Hebrew Singers of Mediæval Times (1894). Her translation was later set opposite Qallir’s Hebrew text in Maḥzor Avodat Ohel Moed: Avodat Ḥag haSukkot (ed. Arthur Davis & Herbert Adler, 1908). A paraliturgical adaptation of the piyyut Adon Olam by an early leader of the Reform movement. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., אדון עולם Adon Olam, alternate rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical adon olam Contributor(s): An adaptation in rhymed English verse of an excerpt of Shlomo ibn Gabirol’s Keter Malkhut Elsie Davis. First published in The Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (April 1895), pp. 461-464. The adaptation begins with section 34 of the piyyut. “Servant of God” is an adapted English rhmying translation by Alice Montefiore Lucas of a piyyut by Yehudah haLevi, first published in the former’s first collection of translations Songs of Zion by Hebrew Singers of Mediæval Times (1894), pp. 9-12. Modeh Ani, in Hebrew with English translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 21st century C.E., 54th century A.M., 58th century A.M., Alive, English vernacular prayer, Gratitude, מודה אני Modeh Ani, רשויות reshuyot, Sunrise, Wakefulness Contributor(s): This undated 18th century prayer (before 1756) by an unknown author for “the opening of [a] lodge, etc., and used by Jewish Freemasons” was published in “Old Forms of Lodge Prayers,” The Hebrew Leader (31 December 1889), p. 4. (The Hebrew Leader regularly included news of interest to Jewish member of masonic fraternities.) The provenance of the prayer is offered in the lede: “Appended to a copy of the Constitutions of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of F. and A. Masons, published in 1801, by Bro. D. Longworth, at the Shakespeare Gallery, New York City (kindly loaned to us by R.W. Henry C. Banks), we find a number of forms which at the present day appear unique. These forms are spoken of as having been in use for a long period during the last century; and from them we extract two or three Prayers, one or the other of which it was customary to repeat, according to the religious faith of the members of the lodge’ which had assembled. We give them for the benefit of our readers.” The source for the prayer in its re-printed form is a 1756 work, Ahiman Rezon: or, a help to a brother; shewing the excellency of secrecy, … Together with Solomon’s temple an oratorio, as it was performed for the benefit of free-masons by Laurence Dermott (1756). Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “Composed for the Day of Atonement during the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever in New York in 1803,” this prayer was likely composed by Abraham Mears Isaacks (1765-1815). It was published in the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society number 20 (1911), p. 158, as submitted by Rebecca E. Mitchell, one of Isaacks descendants. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Epidemic, Yellow Fever Epidemic 1795-1803 Contributor(s): “Father, whate’er of earthly bliss” is the incipit to Hymn №6 in Barnett A. Elzas’s The Sabbath Service and Miscellaneous Prayers (1916), an edited reprinting of The Sabbath service and miscellaneous prayers, adopted by the Reformed Society of Israelites, founded in Charleston, S. C., November 21, 1825 (1830). Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hymns, paraliturgical elohai netsor Contributor(s): A Prayer for Pentecost, by the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1825)“A Prayer for Pentecost” by the Reformed Society of Israelites is found in The Sabbath service and miscellaneous prayers, adopted by the Reformed Society of Israelites, founded in Charleston, S. C., November 21, 1825 (1830), as reprinted by Barnett A. Elzas in The Sabbath Service and Miscellaneous Prayers (1916), pp. 51-52. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The hymn “Although the vine its fruit deny” by Abraham Moïse (ca.1799-1869), is presented as Hymn 1 in The Sabbath service and miscellaneous prayers, adopted by the Reformed society of Israelites, founded in Charleston, S.C., November 21, 1825 (1830), p. 55. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “Sabbath Blessing” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), is included in the so-called Isaac Harby Prayerbook (1974) also known as the Cohn Lithograph, a handwritten prayerbook attesting to the prayers of the Reformed Society of Israel. A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina Contributor(s): “Arise, my soul! with rapture rise!” is the incipit to Hymn №2 in Barnett A. Elzas’s The Sabbath Service and Miscellaneous Prayers (1916), an edited republication of “The Sabbath service and miscellaneous prayers, adopted by the Reformed society of Israelites, founded in Charleston, S. C., November 21, 1825.” The hymn appears on pages 55-56 without any additional attribution. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1830. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, מודים Modim, paraliturgical modim, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning Sabbath service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, United States Contributor(s): | ||
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אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם | Adon Olam: A Mystical Interpretation, by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan (2018)
“Adon Olam: A Mystical Interpretation” by Laura Duhan Kaplan, was created for a music and spoken word performance at Limmud Vancouver, 2018. It was first published in The Infinity Inside: Jewish Spiritual Practice Through A Multi-Faith Lens (Boulder: Albion Andalus, 2019). This is the full original version. A much abridged version (edited by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat) appears in Renew Our Hearts: A Siddur for Shabbat Day (Bayit Ben Yehuda Press, 2023).