tagged: חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer for Dwelling in the Sukkah of the Leviyatan, as taught in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (ca. 13th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Meir ben Barukh of Rothenburg

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Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah), the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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anti-predatory, עולם הבא Olam Haba, 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Universal Peace, חסידי אשכנז Ḥasidei Ashkenaz, leviathan

This formula for recitation in the Sukkah at the conclusion of Sukkot (on the night of Shemini Atseret) is given in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (1215-1293) and found in two sources: Siman 148 of the Teshuvot of Shimshon bar Tsadoq (a/k/a the Tashbets), and Siman 71.50 of the Sefer Kol Bo. . . .

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

Contributor(s):

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

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Musaf l'Shabbat

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

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

Categories:

Musaf l'Shabbat

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

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

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. . . .