A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . .
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Contributor(s): Shmuly Yanklowitz and Simcha Daniel Burstyn (translation)
Shared on י״ד באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags:  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
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Chana Deutsch (Magyar translation), Harry Friedenwald (English translation), Isaac Abraham Eüchel (Hebrew translation) and Markus Herz
Shared on י״ח באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, Enlightenment, professional intention, prayers of healers 
A prayer of a physician from Markus Herz in German with its Hebrew and English translations. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Jacques Faïtlovitch (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ח במרחשון ה׳תש״פ (2019-11-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mourning, Second Temple Period, Sheva b'Adar Readings
Tags: English Translation, Mosheh Rabbenu, Hebrew translation, cemetery prayers, Beta Esrael, Ethiopian Jewry 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shimon Halkin (translation) and Walt Whitman
Shared on י״ז בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)
Tags: 19th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Abraham Lincoln, assassination, American Civil War, elegies 
An elegy by Walt Whitman for President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shimon Halkin (translation) and Walt Whitman
Shared on י״ז בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th)
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Abraham Lincoln, assassination, elegies 
Walt Whitman’s famous poem eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Abraham Lincoln
Shared on ט״ז בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Readings for Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, Modern Miscellany
Tags: 19th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, 16th President of the United States 
The second inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln in English with a cantillized Hebrew translation suitable for chanting. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Nelson (translation), Lawrence A. Hoffman and T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Shared on ה׳ באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-28) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
Tags: מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Liberal Zionist Prayers, Needing Proofreading 
A prayer for Israel which reserves the right to criticize its moral failings. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tsvi Hirsch Filipowski (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ו׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ד (2013-12-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings
Tags: 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. 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Shared on כ״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ה (2015-09-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: 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 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tsvi Hirsch Filipowski (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings
Tags: 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. 
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 . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ז בטבת ה׳תשע״ט (2018-12-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Megillot, Shavuot
Tags: שדים sheydim, Hebrew translation, 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., tithing, apotropaic rituals of protection, Tobit, mysterious fish, Ashmodai, derivative work 
The story of Toviah (Tobit) in Hebrew translation, in an abridged version arranged for public reading on the second day of Shavuot. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ט במרחשון ה׳תשע״ג (2012-11-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Dangerous Storms & Floods
Tags: 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 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription), David Frischmann (translation) and Rabindranath Tagore
Shared on כ״ה בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany
Tags: 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 
The Nobel prize winning collection of “song-offerings” or Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore, in Bengali and English, translated to Hebrew by David Frischmann. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Friedrich Schiller and Unknown Translator(s)
Shared on ט״ו באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ו (2016-02-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: National Brotherhood Week, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet
Tags: romanticism, liberation, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Hebrew translation, Ḥasidic, Ode to Joy, Enlightenment, joy, Needing Proofreading 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): 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
Shared on כ״ח בתשרי ה׳תשע״ה (2014-10-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Parashat Noaḥ, Modern Miscellany, Yom Ḳeshet (42nd day of the Omer)
Tags: 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 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Levi Yitsḥaq Derbarmdiger Rosakov of Berditchev
Shared on י׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Taḥanun, Purim Qatan, Motsei Shabbat
Tags: 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 
A profound song invoking divine presence. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shmueli Gonzales (transcription) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)
Shared on י״ז בשבט ה׳תשע״א (2011-01-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Taking a life, Ḳaddish
Tags: 20th century C.E., abduction, kidnapping, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Prayers in Film, Psalmsploitation, lonely man of faith 
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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