A creative, interpretive translation of the the Mourner’s Ḳaddish. . . .
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Contributor(s): David Zaslow
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Tags:  interpretive translation, English Translation, Aramaic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayer by Proxy, interdependence, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Abayyé ben Kaylil
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Tags: interpretive translation, four worlds, English Translation, Late Antiquity, excretion, אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, אשר יצר, Bathroom Prayer, Body as Temple, אדם קדמון Adam Ḳadmon, Body as Cosmos, Asiyah, Body as Earth, Body as Society, Bathroom etiquette, urination, plumbing as metaphor, internal plumbing, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, Prayers of Pumbedita, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of the prayer “Asher Yatsar” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady according to the nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on כ״ו בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, the Zohar
Tags: interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical k'gavna 
A paraliturgical translation of “k’Gavna” — a portion of the Zohar on parashat Terumah read before Ma’ariv in the ḥassidic-sefardic nusaḥ. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Psalms 24, Sunday, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Sunday (Psalms 24) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . . 
Contributor(s): Julia Mossbridge
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Tags: interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical shema, paraliturgical reflections 
A paraliturgical translation of the opening paragraph of the Shema. . . . 
Contributor(s): Louis Polisson
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Tags: water cycle, interpretive translation, Rain, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical tefilat geshem, water is life, rainfall 
A paraliturgical prayer for rain on Shemini Atseret. . . . סידור תהילת ה׳ ידבר פי | Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yedaber Pi, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2009)
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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Tags: interpretive translation, four worlds, English Translation, Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, neo-lurianic, devotional interpretation 
If you are not used to reading Hebrew with comprehension and with the ability to dilate the Hebrew from the literal meaning, or if you cannot read Hebrew and need a resource for daily davvenen, I offer you this set of texts, which I, too, use frequently for myself. I translated the Psalms and the liturgy in the way in which I experience them in my feeling consciousness. This does not offer the ‘pshat’, the literal meaning of the words, but the devotional interpretation that can make it a prayer of the heart. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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A sabbath Supplement to Reb Zalman’s Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi ~ As I Can Say It (for Praying in the Vernacular) (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, four worlds, English Translation, Breath, Late Antiquity, Body as Cosmos, Asiyah, Amoraic prayers, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, breathing, neshamah shenatata bi, neshamah, devotional interpretation 
This English translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l of “Neshama Shenatata Bi,” was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Linear associations of this translation according to the nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shim'on Menachem and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim 
Forgiveness is woven into the pattern of existence. God of second chances, pathways of atonement. Help us awaken to Your listening presence, your understanding. Fill our hearts with Divine compassion! . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and Aharon N. Varady
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Tags: blessings, ברכות brakhot, interpretive translation, Dawn, Late Antiquity, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, 100 blessings a day, wrestling, challenge, devotional interpretation, ישראל Yisrael 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Birkhot haShaḥar in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: talmud torah, interpretive translation, English Translation, North America, Late Antiquity, Jewish Renewal, Amoraic prayers, Prayers before Torah Study, Tannaitic prayers, Antiquity, ecoḥasid, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of the blessing for Torah study by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification according to the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, פתיחות Petiḥot, cosmological, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., חתימות Ḥatimot, ABCB rhyming scheme, אדון עולם Adon Olam 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive “praying translation” of the piyyut, Adon Olam. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ה בתשרי ה׳תשע״ח (2017-10-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Dying, Birkhot haShaḥar, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: interpretive translation, acrostic, Jewish Renewal, פיוטים piyyutim, Philadelphia, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, singing translation, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic, devotional interpretation 
The most well-known 42 letter divine name acrostic piyyut. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, אברא כדברא abra k'davra, logos, speech acts, Geonic prayers, devotional interpretation, ברוך שאמר barukh she'amar 
This English translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l of “Barukh Sh’amar,” was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Linear associations of this translation according to the nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, English Translation, פיוטים piyyutim, 58th century A.M., Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, centos, remixed biblical verse, leket psukim, devotional interpretation, Psukei Dezimra 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Yehi Kh’vod” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the piyyut. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: interpretive translation, Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Alphabetic Acrostic, Poteaḥ et Yodekha, שפע shefa, divine abundance, satisfying the desire of all life, devotional interpretation, Daily Hallel 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Ashrei in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 146 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: interpretive translation, בהמות behemot, hymns of creation, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 147, hazon et hakol, Daily Hallel 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 147 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, centos, remixed biblical verse, leket psukim, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah
In the daily Shaḥarit (morning) psukei dzemirah service, this centos completes the reading of Psalms 145-150 and precedes the reading of Vayivarekh David” (1 Chronicles 29:10-13). Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the linked verse piyyut, “Barukh YHVH (Hashem) L’Olam” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Vayivarekh David” (1 Chronicles 29:10-13) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, Az Yashir, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, Neḥemyah, שירת הים Shirat haYam, Song of the Sea, Atah Hu 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of נחמיה ט׃ו-י (Neḥemyah 9:6-10) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Johann Stephan Rittangel (Latin translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, Closing Prayers, חתימות Ḥatimot, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, ישתבח Yishtabaḥ, שבח praise 
The text of the prayer Yishtabaḥ Shimkha, in Hebrew with a Latin translation . . .
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his adaptation of the liturgy for the final section of liturgy from the Pesukei Dezimrah, “Yishtabaḥ Shimkha,” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Elimelekh Weisblum of Lizhensk
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Tags: interpretive translation, English Translation, פתיחות Petiḥot, 56th century A.M., Opening Prayers, 18th Century C.E., Prayers for Praying, Hassidic, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizhensk’s prayer to be able to pray” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the prayer. Reb Zalman may have made his translation to a slightly different edition of this prayer as indicated in several places. If you can determine which edition of Rabbi Elimelekh’s prayer was translated by Reb Zalman, please contact us or share your knowledge in the comments. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Hillel Goelman and Aharon Roth
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Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, פתיחות Petiḥot, 57th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation, ḥassidut 
Reb Ahrele Roth, a”h, wrote a list of 32 mitsvot whose fulfillment is completed in the brain, the heart and the mouth. (The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 is ל”ב, the letters of which spell the Hebrew word LEV for Heart.) . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on י״ח באלול ה׳תשע״ח (2018-08-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yotser Ohr
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the shaḥarit blessing before the Shema “Yotser Ohr” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Ahavat Olam” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and the Masoretic Text
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Shema in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Joseph Frederick Stern, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Shmuel bar Abba
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Tags: interpretive translation, weekday amidah, Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud, 40th century A.M., 3rd century C.E., devotional interpretation, Prayers in the Jerusalem Talmud, Private Amidah, Prayers of Nehardea, Nehardea, abbreviated alternative formulas, עמידה amidah, הביננו havinenu 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his adaptation of Rabbi Joseph F. Stern’s (East London Synagogue, ca. early 20th c.) adaptation of the “Havinenu,” short form of the Amidah in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Shim'on Menachem
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Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, Tehillim, Psalms 126, interpretation as prayer 
This Psalm is straightforwardly post-exilic (for which see Sefer haWiki) but switches in its narrative perspective between before and after the return from Babylon, between gratitude and longing for return, helped by the profoundly non-linear mechanics of verbal tense and aspect in biblical Hebrew. The Psalmist chooses words associated with joy (s’ḥoq, rinah) that are tinged with other, more complicated emotions. Here’s what came out. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, English Translation, תחנונים taḥanunim 
My God! my soul is Yours my body is Your servant, take pity on what You have created; my soul is Yours and my body is Yours, God help us for Your sake. We come to You because we want to honor Your reputation. Help us in our moral struggle for the sake of Your reputation; because You are kind and compassionate. Forgive us, for there is so much we need to be forgiven for. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Bnei Koraḥ and the Masoretic Text
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Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Monday, Psalms 48, מזמור Mizmor, Shir, First Temple Period 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Monday (Psalms 48) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Asaph ben Berechiah and the Masoretic Text
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Monday (Psalms 82) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
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Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, Psalms 94, Wednesday, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, First Temple Period, devotional interpretation 
This psalm was the Wednesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Asaph ben Berechiah and the Masoretic Text
Shared on ד׳ באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-27) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 3 (Psalms 73–89), Thursday
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, Thursday, Psalms 81, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Al HaGittit, למנציח Lamnatseaḥ, First Temple Period, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Thursday (Psalms 81) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ו׳ באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat, Tehilim Book 4 (Psalms 90–106), Friday
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom, Psalm of the Day, Friday, Psalms 93, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Friday (Psalms 93) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joshua Gutoff and Abba (Arikha) bar Aybo (traditional attribution)
Shared on י״ז במרחשון ה׳תשע״ד (2013-10-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Aleinu
Tags: interpretive translation, Rosh Hashanah, English Translation, North America, tolerance of difference, Late Antiquity, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., particularism and universalism, עלינו Aleinu, על כן נקוה al ken n'qaveh 
A “redemptive translation” of Aleinu emphasizing universalist Jewish values. . . .
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on ה׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ד (2013-10-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḳaddish
Tags: interpretive translation, English Translation, Aramaic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayer by Proxy, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
An interpretive translation of the Mourner’s Kaddish, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . .
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Abba (Arikha) bar Aybo (traditional attribution)
Shared on י״ח באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Aleinu
Tags: interpretive translation, Amoraic prayers, 40th century A.M., 3rd century C.E., Closing Prayers, חתימות Ḥatimot, redemptive translation, revisionist translation, devotional interpretation, עלינו Aleinu
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of an abridged form of the prayer Aleinu in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on ד׳ באלול ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41)
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, אלול elul, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, Psalms 27, Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of Psalms 27 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ד במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating
Tags: interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, ecoḥasid, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon 
The style by which Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l translated Jewish liturgy in English was neither literal nor idiomatic, but highly interpretive and interspersed with his own ḥiddushim (innovations). Showing Reb Zalman’s translation side-by-side with the Jewish liturgy helps to illuminate his understanding of the liturgy — it’s deeper meaning as well as how it might be communicated to a contemporary audience. In the version I have prepared below, I have set the interpretive translation of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l side-by-side with the liturgical Hebrew that may have inspired it. In several places, Reb Zalman’s formulation departs from the traditional Ashkenazi nusaḥ. Where there is no Hebrew, we can more easily observe where Reb Zalman has expanded upon the blessing. Still, my work was not exhaustive and I appreciate any corrections to the nusaḥ (liturgical custom) of the Hebrew that may have inspired Reb Zalman’s interpretation in English. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on א׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ט (2018-10-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Maariv Aravim
Tags: interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Maariv Aravim” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on א׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ט (2018-10-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkat Ahavah for Ma'ariv/Arvit
Tags: talmud torah, interpretive translation, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam, אהבת ישראל loving Yisrael, performing mitsvot, ohev amo 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Ohev Amo Yisrael” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on כ״ה בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Hashkivenu
Tags: interpretive translation, apotropaic prayers of protection, השכיבנו hashkivenu, blessings following the shema 
The Hashkivenu prayer of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria
Shared on ב׳ באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Bedtime Shema
Tags: interpretive translation, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Concluding Prayers, Before Sleep, Forgiveness, Equanimity, school of the ARI z"l, ecoḥasid, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Rabbi Yitsḥak Luria’s prayer “Hareni Moḥel” (I hereby forgive) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the prayer. The prayer by the ARI z”l was first published in Ḥayim Vital’s Pri Ets Ḥayyim, Shaar Kriyat Shema al Hamitah, Pereq 2 (פרי עץ חיים, שער קריאת שמע שעל המיטה, פרק ב), and based on the statement of Reish Lakish in the Bavli Pesachim 66b and the practice of Mar Zutra attested in the Bavli Megillah 28a . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ח׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat, Davvening, Tiqqunei Zohar
Tags: interpretive translation, תפלין tefillin, petiḥah, פתיחות Petiḥot, Opening Prayers, 15th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., devotional interpretation, prayers of kabbalists, פתח אליהו Pataḥ Eliyahu, תפילות קודם התפילה Prayers before Praying 
Elijah began saying: Lord of the worlds You Who are One and not just a number You are the highest of the highest most hidden of the undisclosed no thought scheme grasps You at all. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ב באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 4 (Psalms 90–106)
Tags: interpretive translation, hymns of creation, פתיחות Petiḥot, Psalms 104, Barkhi Nafshi, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Barkhi Nafshi” (Psalms 104) for Rosh Ḥodesh in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Elazar ben Moshe Azikri and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, acrostic, Jewish Renewal, פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 15th century C.E., ecoḥasid, Divine name acrostic, 52nd century A.M. 
Yedid Nefesh is a piyyut of uncertain authorship. Rabbi Elazar Moshe Azikri (1533-1600) included the piyyut in his Sefer Haḥaredim (1588). (The images below are of pages with Yedid Nefesh handwritten by Azikri.) A version of the piyyut “with noteworthy text, spelling and pointing” may be found on folio 146 (verso) of Samuel b. David b. Solomon’s Commentary On the Book of Numbers (ca. 1437 CE, see Stefan C. Reif, The Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Libraries: A Description and Introduction Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, page 93). Presumably, this text was added to the 15th century manuscript sometime in the 17th century after the popularization of Yedid Nefesh. The piyyut has since appeared with a number of variations in various siddurim. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ח באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Tehilim Book 4 (Psalms 90–106)
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, Friday, Psalms 100, paraliturgical psalms 100, devotional interpretation 
This interpretation and adaptation of Psalms 100 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: interpretive translation, acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, heikhalot literature, Alphabetic Acrostic, Geonic prayers, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, יוצר אור yotser ohr 
The piyyut, El Adon, in Hebrew with an interpretive “praying translation” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalom, z”l. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ט בתמוז ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah, Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41)
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, North America, Jewish Renewal, פתיחות Petiḥot, Uva Letsiyon, מוצאי שבת Motsei Shabbat, Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, Psalms 30, devotional interpretation 
This is an English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). The translation was set side-by-side with the original Hebrew by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Daniel S. Brenner
Shared on כ״ג בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (2009-12-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḳaddish
Tags: interpretive translation, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
Make the God-name big. Big and holy. Do it in this world, This creation sprung from consciousness, And bring some order to this. Do it fast, soon, in our lives, in the days ahead, in the life of the people we call home. Everybody join with me: May the name be blessed forever and ever! . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ד במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mishlei (Proverbs), Se'udat Leil Shabbat
Tags: interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, Alphabetic Acrostic, Eyshet Ḥayil, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive translation of Proverbs 31:10-31, popularly read before the first festive meal for shabbat on Friday night. . . .
Contributor(s): Alan Wagman
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Tags: interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., rhyming translation, prayers of orphans
This is an English language interpretation of Kaddish, intended to capture the spirit of translations/interpretations that I have seen in various sources and also to capture the sound and rhythm of the Aramaic text, including syllables which, when read simultaneously with the Aramaic, rhyme with the Aramaic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Oren Steinitz and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ט׳ באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Tags: interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Musaf Rosh Hashanah, Prayers of the Ḥazzan, הנני hineni 
Hineni – the leader’s prayer that opens the High Holy Days Mussaf has always been a challenge for me. While a dramatic moment in the service, it always seemed a little *too* grand to represent a prayer of humility. This is a version of it I wrote in an attempt to make myself more comfortable at that moment. –Rabbi Oren Steinitz . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: interpretive translation, זמירות zemirot, acrostic, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Acrostic signature 
An interpretive translation in English of the shabbes hymn Yom Zeh l’Yisrael. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Shared on ט״ז בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar, Arvit l'Shabbat, Musaf l'Shabbat
Tags: Nusaḥ Sefaradi, interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyutim, פתיחות Petiḥot, free translation, cosmological, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., חתימות Ḥatimot, ABCB rhyming scheme, rhyming translation, אדון עולם Adon Olam
A rhyming English translation of Adon Olam by Rosa Emma Salaman. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ח באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags: interpretive translation, Psalms 6, prayers for rescue, prayers for intervention, personal salvation, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the prayer Psalms 6 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Shared on ט״ו באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags: interpretive translation, Psalms 15, the Holy Mountain, middot, virtuous attributes, devotional interpretation 
Psalms 15 is read on special days of festive joy in place of Taḥanun. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 15 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with the verses comprising the Psalm. –Aharon N. Varady . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ח באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Taḥanun
Tags: interpretive translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, social anxiety, loneliness, Psalms 25, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 25 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009) for days on which Taḥanun is practiced after the morning Amidah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on י״ז באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72)
Tags: interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, Psalms 67, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מזמור Mizmor, Shir, למנציח Lamnatseaḥ, Binginot, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ב באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-08-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: interpretive translation, hymns of creation, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 148, Daily Hallel 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 148 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ב באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-08-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: interpretive translation, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 149, tokheḥah, ḥassidim, rebuke, bigotry, Daily Hallel 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 149 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on י״ז בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-14) — under the following terms: Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: interpretive translation, solstice, מזמור Mizmor, Winter Solstice, קלנדס Ḳalends, Psalms 139, Kalendes, Calends 
Psalms 139 in Hebrew with an interpretive translation in English by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow, the Shalom Center and Yeshayahu ben Amoz
Shared on כ״ד באלול ה׳תשע״א (2011-09-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yeshayah (Isaiah), Yom Kippur Readings
Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, liberation, Jewish Renewal, 58th century A.M., Midrashic interpretation, Isaiah 57, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 
As we move not just toward a new “year” (shanah) but toward a moment when repetition (sheni) becomes transformation (shinui), I hope we will remember the roots of Jewish renewal in the upheavals of the 1960s as well as the upheavals of the 1760s, the roots of Judaism in the great “political” speeches of the Prophets, and the teachings of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who said that in a great civil rights march his legs were praying, and who argued again and again that “spirituality” and “politics” cannot be severed. As Heschel also said, “Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ב׳ בסיון ה׳תשע״ב (2012-05-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Marriage
Tags: יחוד yiḥud, interpretive translation, love, eros, English Translation, shavuot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., wedding day, marriage, שבע ברכות sheva brakhot 
A translation of the Seven Blessings shared just in time for Shavuot, and in honor of several of my friend’s weddings. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ב באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-08-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Daily Hallel, Cacophany, Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: interpretive translation, Psalms 150, devotional interpretation, פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, music making, Daily Hallel 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Psalms 150 in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi
Shared on ד׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ח (2017-09-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: interpretive translation, סליחות seliḥot, eros, פיוטים piyyutim, 11th century C.E., The Lovers, 49th century A.M., Granadan Jewry, Kingdom of Granada, Song of Songs, devotional interpretation 
The following love poem is one of the Selihot recited between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ibn Gayat (1038 – 1089) was not timid about using the most intimate symbols in asking God to become reconciled with us. . . . 
Contributor(s): Daniel Kieval
Shared on ל׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ט (2018-10-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Marriage
Tags: blessings, ברכות brakhot, interpretive translation, North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., wedding day, English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation, wedding blessings, שבע ברכות sheva brakhot 
This is a poetic rendering of the sixth blessing (of the Sheva Brakhot/7 Blessings) for a wedding. It riffs off of themes and language in the Hebrew text of joy, love, and companionship, and invocations of the Garden of Eden, creation, and eternity. Written originally for the wedding of friends; I hope you’ll feel free to adapt and rework it however suits your needs! . . .
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״ד בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags: Renewal, Aleph, Abrahamic, ecumenical prayers, interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Paraliturgical Mourner's Kaddish, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish
Jews use the Kaddish to mourn the dead, though it has in it only one word — “nechamata,” consolations – which hints at mourning. And this word itself is used in a puzzling way, once we look at it with care. As we will see below, it may be especially appropriate in time of war. The interpretive English translation below may also be appropriate for prayers of mourning and hope in wartime by other spiritual and religious communities. In this version, changes in the traditional last line of the Hebrew text specifically include not only peace for the people Israel (as in the traditional version) but also for the children of Abraham and Hagar through Ishmael (Arabs and Muslims) and for all the life-forms who dwell upon this planet. . . . 
Contributor(s): Avi Dolgin
Shared on י״ח בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: eco-conscious, interpretive translation, West Coast, Psalms 29 
Avi Dolgin’s translation of תהילים כט (Psalm 29) interweaves between the original Hebrew (הָב֣וּ לַֽ֭יהוָה בְּנֵ֣י אֵלִ֑ים | havu l’YHVH b’nei eilim) and an English language interpretation. The interpretation, while faithful to the original, leans heavily on environmental concerns, especially as seen from a North American West Coast perspective. . . . |
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