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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Jacques Faïtlovitch (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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כ״ח במרחשון ה׳תש״פ (2019-11-26)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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 Second Temple Period, Sheva b'Adar Readings
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 mourning, English Translation, Mosheh Rabbenu, Hebrew translation, cemetery prayers, Beta Esrael, Ethiopian Jewry
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The text of the Betä ʾƎsəraʾel legend of the death of Moses, translated to Hebrew by Jacques Faïtlovitch, and vocalized, cantillated, and translated into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . . |
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Shmuly Yanklowitz and Simcha Daniel Burstyn (translation)
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י״ד באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-09)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Epidemics & Pandemics
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Epidemic, English vernacular prayer, Pandemic, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Needing Vocalization
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A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Jack Kessler (trōpification), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Arthur Waskow, Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality and the Shalom Center
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כ״ח בתשרי ה׳תשע״ה (2014-10-22)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Parashat Noaḥ, Modern Miscellany, Yom Ḳeshet (42nd day of the Omer)
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Renewal, 20th century C.E., eco-conscious, Parashat Noaḥ, שבת נחמו Shabbat Naḥamu, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Rainbow Day, prophetic revelation, יום קשת Yom Qeshet
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A declaration in 1993 by Rabbi Arthur Waskow in response to the impending danger of global warming and other ecotastrophes brought about by the callous harm of human industry and land use decisions. Translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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כ״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ה (2015-09-11)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
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eco-conscious, ecumenical prayers, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Massachusetts, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Catholic and Apostolic Church, Vatican City
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An ecumenical prayer by Pope Francis from his encyclical, Laudato Si (praise be to you) from May 24th, 2015. Here’s my draft of a Hebrew translation of Pope Francis’ prayer for our earth. It turns out no one had translated it yet. The translation includes sparks from the High Holiday liturgy. I thought we should have it available for Rosh Hashanah, even though I’m sure the translation could use more work and more feedback. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tsvi Hirsch Filipowski (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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ו׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ד (2013-12-09)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings
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English Translation, Aramaic, Bar Kochba Rebellion, Late Antiquity, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, Yiddish translation, Hebrew translation, Maccabees, 40th century A.M., 2nd century C.E.
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The Megillat Antiochus was composed in Palestinian Aramaic sometime between the 2nd and 5th century CE, likely in the 2nd Century when the memory of the Bar Kochba revolt still simmered.. The scroll appears in a number of variations. The Aramaic text below follows the critical edition prepared by Menaḥem Tzvi Kaddari, and preserves his verse numbering. The English translation by Rabbi Joseph Adler (1936) follows the Hebrew translation in the middle column, the source of which is a medieval manuscript reprinted by Tzvi Filipowsky in 1851. Adler and Kaddari’s verse ordering loosely follows one another indicating variations in manuscripts. Where Aramaic is missing from Kaddari’s text, the Aramaic version from Adler’s work is included in parentheses. Adler also included a Yiddish translation which we hope will be fully transcribed (along with vocalized Hebrew text, a Hungarian translation, and perhaps even a Marathi translation from South India) for Ḥanukkah 5775 , G!d willing. . . . |
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Shmueli Gonzales (transcription) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)
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י״ז בשבט ה׳תשע״א (2011-01-22)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Taking a life, Ḳaddish
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20th century C.E., abduction, kidnapping, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Prayers in Film, Psalmsploitation, lonely man of faith
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Tired of people who can’t tell their kiddish (blessings for the Sabbath) from their kaddish (prayer for the dead)? Well, it sets Samuel L. Jackson off too! But he found a way of making a bracha (blessing) and mourning the dead at the same time. Now I can’t vouch for the origins of his nusaḥ (custom) but it sounds very effective! Most people haven’t noticed, the only real part from the Bible is that last section, the first part is actually his own spiel: . . . |
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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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כ״ט במרחשון ה׳תשע״ג (2012-11-14)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Dangerous Storms & Floods, Ecotastrophes
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eco-conscious, weather, emergency, danger, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., בקשות Baqashot, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Hurricane Sandy, taking responsibility, Hurricane Harvey, ecoḥasid, Hurricane Florence
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The prayers for hurricane victims that are circulating through the Open Siddur Project and elsewhere are poignant and heartfelt, but they don’t speak an important piece of the truth that we need to hear. What about our collective responsibility for climate disruption that undoubtedly increases the harm caused by this and every major storm? And what about the Deuteronomic promise that God brings us recompense for our actions davka through the weather? Here’s an attempt at a prayer that incorporates a deeper understanding of our responsibility. For the final version of this prayer, I started with an anonymous Hebrew translation of my original English prayer, then I tweaked it and wove in scriptural references, and retranslated it back into English. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tsvi Hirsch Filipowski (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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ט׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-21)
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Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license
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Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings
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English Translation, Bar Kochba Rebellion, Late Antiquity, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, Hebrew translation, Seleucid Greek Occupation, Classical Antiquity, 40th century A.M., 2nd century C.E.
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Perhaps Megillat Antiokhus could be read a la Esther on Purim (the holiday with the most similarities), going to Eicha trope in the upsetting parts. A few notes: on the final mention of Bagris the Wicked I included a karnei-farah in the manner of the karnei-farah in Esther. I also included a merkha kefulah in the concluding section, which (according to David Weisberg’s “The Rare Accents of the Twenty-Eight Books”) represents aggadic midrash material. It also serves as a connection to the Chanukah haftarah, which is famously the only one that has a merkha kefulah. –Isaac Mayer . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription), David Frischmann (translation) and Rabindranath Tagore
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כ״ה בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-29)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Modern Miscellany
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20th century C.E., English Translation, first person, modern hebrew poetry, 57th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Bengal, William Rothenstein, Indian devotional poetry, Bengali vernacular prayer
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The Nobel prize winning collection of “song-offerings” or Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore, in Bengali and English, translated to Hebrew by David Frischmann. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Levi Yitsḥaq Derbarmdiger Rosakov of Berditchev
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י׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-02)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Taḥanun, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
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זמירות zemirot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, Yiddish songs, ḥassidut, הבדלות havdalot, non-dual theology, תשובה teshuvah, panentheism, creator within creation, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka
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A profound song invoking divine presence. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Chana Deutsch (Magyar translation), Harry Friedenwald (English translation), Isaac Abraham Eüchel (Hebrew translation) and Markus Herz
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י״ח באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-14)
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Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication
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Well-being, health, and caregiving
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56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, Enlightenment, professional intention, prayers of health care workers
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A prayer of a physician from Markus Herz in German with its Hebrew and English translations. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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י״ז בטבת ה׳תשע״ט (2018-12-25)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Megillot, Shavuot Readings
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שדים sheydim, Hebrew translation, 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., tithing, apotropaic rituals of protection, Tobit, mysterious fish, Ashmodai, derivative work
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The story of Toviah (Tobit) in Hebrew translation, in an abridged version arranged for public reading on the second day of Shavuot. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Friedrich Schiller and Unknown Translator(s)
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ט״ו באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ו (2016-02-23)
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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National Brotherhood Week, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet
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romanticism, liberation, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, Ḥasidic, Ode to Joy, Enlightenment, joy, Needing Proofreading
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In 1785 Friedrich Schiller wrote his ‘An die Freude an ode ‘To Joy’, describing his ideal of an equal society united in joy and friendship. Numerous copies and adaptations attest to its popularity at the time. The slightly altered 1803 edition was set to music not only by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony but also by other composers such as Franz Schubert and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Hs. Ros. PL B-57 contains a Hebrew translation of the first edition of the ode (apparently rendered before the 1803 alteration), revealing that the spirit of the age even managed to reach the Jewish community in the Netherlands. Whereas the imagery of Schiller’s original is drawn from Greek mythology, the author of the שִׁיר לְשִׂמְחָה relies on the Bible as a source. In fact, he not only utilises Biblical imagery, but successfully avoids any allusion to Hellenistic ideas whatsoever. . . . |
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