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שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)

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Musaf l'Shabbat

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שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud, acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz

A “praying translation” of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

שיר הכבוד (אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת)‏ | Shir haKavod (An’im Zemirot), part eight of the Shir haYiḥud (translation by Israel Wolf Slotki)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Israel Wolf Slotki

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Musaf l'Shabbat

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acrostic, 12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 50th century A.M., חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, שיר הכבוד shir hakavod, שיר היחוד Shir haYiḥud

A translation of the piyyut, Anim Zemirot. . . .

מרת דולצא: אשת־חיל | Dulcea: A Woman of Valor, an elegy by Eleazar of Worms (ca. 1196)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ivan G. Marcus (translation) and Eleazar ben Yehudah ben Ḳalonymus of Worms

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Mourning

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12th century C.E., Alphabetic Acrostic, 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil, elegy, firzogerin

This an an untitled piyyut by Eleazer of Worms, eulogizing his beloved wife Dulcea (Heb: דולצא, also, Dulcia and Dolce). The Hebrew text is derived from the transcription offered by Israel Kamelhar inRabbenu Eleazar mi-Germaiza, ha-Roqeah (Rzeazow, 1930), pp. 17-19. The translation and annotation come from Dr. Ivan G. Marcus from his article, “Mothers, Martyrs, and Moneymakers: Some Jewish Women in Medieval Europe” in Conservative Judaism, vol. 38(3), Spring 1986. . . .