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תפילה להפך – מאבן בֹחן | Prayer for Transformation, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322)

A prayer by Kalonymus b. Kalonymus ben Meir that appears in his poem ספר אבן בוחן, יג Sefer Even Boḥan (§13), describing the author’s wish to have been born a Jewish woman. . . .

Categories: 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), 🌐 Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20th)

Tags: 14th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Even Boḥan, gender identity, LGBTQIA+, Needing Vocalization, shelo asani ishah, תחינות teḥinot, transgender prayer

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Nir Krakauer (translation), Steven Greenberg, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

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

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

Categories: Ḥanukkah, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

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

Contributor(s): Susan Weingarten (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ḳalonymus b. Ḳalonymus ben Meir

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