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תְּפִלָּה עַל הָעַרְבוּת בְּעַד כׇּל יוֹשְׁבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Prayer on Erev Shabbat for the Sake of All Residents of Israel, by Rebbitsen Hadassah Froman & Rabbah Tamar Elad-Appelbaum (2023)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Noah Efron (translation), Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and Hadassah Froman

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Congregation & Community, Erev Shabbat, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., disagreement, pluralism, kindling, 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, tolerance of difference, Needing Vocalization

A prayer for peace amidst civil disagreement, difference, and strife before the lighting of Shabbat candles on Erev Shabbat. . . .

לִשְׁמֹר הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁל שְׁמִטָּה | Candlelighting for Rosh haShanah, Shabbat, and Yom Tov during the Shmitah Year, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Contributor(s):

Arthur Waskow

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the Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)

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blessings, eco-conscious, kindling, interbreathing, entering, candle lighting, ecoḥasid

Four blessings to recite upon commencing the Shmitah year in candlelighting for Rosh haShanah, and to add to subsequent shabbat and festival candlelightings. . . .

How Much Light? A Ḥanukkah Meditation by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

Contributor(s):

Menachem Creditor

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Ḥanukkah

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Light, kindling, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

“How Much Light? A Ḥanukkah Meditation” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was first shared on the second night of Ḥanukkah 5782 (2021) via the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook. . . .

Between the Fires: A Kavvanah for Lighting Candles of Commitment, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center)

Contributor(s):

Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

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Erev Pesaḥ, Erev Shabbat, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Shavuot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Sukkot, Yom Kippur, Ecotastrophes

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North America, candle lighting, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid

“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . .

تعالوا نضيئ شمعات السلام | בואו נאיר נרות שלום | Let us Light Candles for Peace, by Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed and Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

Contributor(s):

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Amichai Lau-Lavie (translation) and Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed

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Erev Shabbat, Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession

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kindling, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, candles, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Two mothers, one plea: Now, more than ever, during these days of so much crying, on the day that is sacred to both our religions, Friday, Sabbath Eve Let us light a candle in every home – for peace: A candle to illuminate our future, face to face, A candle across borders, beyond fear. From our family homes and houses of worship Let us light each other up Let these candles be a lighthouse to our spirit Until we all arrive at the sanctuary of peace. . . .

If I Let It: A Kavvanah for Kabbalat Shabbat, by Trisha Arlin

Contributor(s):

Trisha Arlin

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Ḳabbalat Shabbat

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kindling, gateway, first person, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Shabbat happens, If I let it. . . .

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Contributor(s):

Chaya Kaplan-Lester

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Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Erev Shabbat, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

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fire, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, Light, 21st century C.E., potential, 58th century A.M.

Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .

ברכות לנרות חנוכה | Die Segenssprüche beim Anzünden der Ḥanukkah-Lichter (German trans. by Chajm Guski)

Contributor(s):

Chajm Guski (German translation)

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Ḥanukkah

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kindling, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., German translation, German Jewry, lamp lighting

Just in time for Ḥanukkah, Chajm Guski shares a חנוכה מדריך (Ḥanukkah Madrikh), Handbook for Ḥanukkah, with a Deutsch translation and transliteration of the blessings on lighting the Ḥanukiah, the kavanah, HaNerot HaLalu, and the piyyut, Maoz Tzur. . . .

כַּוָּנָה לְהַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת חֲנֻכָּה | Kavvanah for Ḥanukkiah Lighting by Bonna Devora Haberman, z”l (Mistabra Institute for Jewish Textual Activism, 2002)

Contributor(s):

Bonna Devora Haberman

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Ḥanukkah

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58th century A.M., lamp lighting, olive oil, ישראל Yisrael, kindling, Progressive Zionism, 21st century C.E.

This is an intention that I composed for the conclusion of a performance piece, Inner Fire, created and performed by my Mistabra Institute for Jewish Textual Activism at Brandeis University in 2002. It is as relevant today as ever. Please use it for inspiration when you light Ḥanuka candles. . . .

לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה | Blessing for Ḥanukkah, a rhyming translation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Jessie Ethel Sampter

Categories:

Ḥanukkah

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candles, candle lighting, 57th century A.M., rhyming translation, blessings, 20th century C.E., kindling

This rhyming paraphrase and translation of the blessing over the lighting of the Ḥanukkiah was written by Jessie Ethel Sampter and published in her Around the Year in Rhymes for the Jewish Child (1920), p. 31. . . .

אָי חֲנֻכָּה | Oy Ḥanukkah, a zemer for Ḥanukkah by Mordkhe Rivesman (1912)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Mordkhe Rivesman

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Ḥanukkah

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blessings, 20th century C.E., kindling, 57th century A.M., Yiddish songs, lamp lighting

A popular song for Ḥanukkah in Yiddish with English translation. . . .

תחנה פון ליכט בענטשין | Tkhine for Lighting Candles [for Shabbes]

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Erev Shabbat

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kindling, תחינות tkhines, fire, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution

This is a faithful transcription of the תחנה פון ליכט בענטשין (“Tkhine for Lighting Candles [for Shabbes]”) as it appeared in the Vilna, 1869 edition. I have transcribed it without any changes from The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni. If you can scan an image of the page from the 1869 edition this was originally copied from, please share your scan with us. . . .

תְּחִינָה לִשָּׁבוּעוֺת נאָך ליכט צינדן | Tkhine upon Candlelighting at the Onset of Shavuot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Author(s) and Jonah S. Boyarin (translation)

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Shavuot

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kindling, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, Torah as intercessor, 19th century C.E., Needing Attribution

This tekhina (supplication) upon candlelighting for Shavuot in Hebrew and Yiddish appears in the Maḥzor for Shavuot Rav Peninim (Vilna 1911) although we are uncertain whether it first appeared here. We welcome your help in correctly attributing and translating it. . . .

Gebet beim Eingange des Sabbath, vor dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag Nachts | Prayer Before Lighting the Sabbath Lamp, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Miriam Wertheimer (translation) and Meïr haLevi Letteris

Categories:

Erev Shabbat

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German vernacular prayer, English Jewry, German Jewry, English vernacular prayer, lamp lighting, 19th century C.E., kindling, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers

“Gebet beim Eingange des Sabbath, vor dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag Nachts” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 87-88. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer before lighting the Sabbath lamp” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 52-54. . . .

כוונה בהדלקת נר חנוכּה | Kavvanah for the Mitsvah of Kindling the Ḥanukkah Lights by Rebbe Tsvi Elimelekh Spira of Dinov (trans. Moreh Yehudis Fishman)

Contributor(s):

Yehudis Fishman and צבי אלימלך שפירא

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Ḥanukkah

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Bluzhov, Dinov, Minhag Ḥasidei Dinov, Munkacz, 56th century A.M., Ḥasidic, lamp lighting, 19th century C.E., kindling

For the purpose of the unification of the Holy One and His divine (feminine) Presence, with trepidation and love and love and trepidation, to unify the name Yud-Kay with Vav-Kay (the four letters of the Tetragrammaton) with a complete unity in the name of all Israel, behold I intend in the lighting of the Hanukkah candle to fulfill the command of my Creator as our wise men of blessed memory have commanded us to repair her root in a supernal abode. . . .

Beim Lichtzünden | When kindling the lights (for Shabbat and Yontef), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro

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Erev Shabbat

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56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, shabbat preparation, 19th century C.E., Light, kindling, תחינות teḥinot

“Wenn die Hausfrau an den Vorabenden des Sabaths und der Feiertage die Lichte anzündet” was written by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. In the original 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion, it appears as teḥinah №13, on pp. 17-18. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it appears as teḥinah №13 on pp. 20-21. . . .

Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts | Prayer at the kindling of the Friday night lights, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Daniel Bar Sadeh-Weise (transcription) and Wolf Mayer

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Erev Shabbat

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56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, lamp lighting, 19th century C.E., Light, kindling, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot

“Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Gebethbuch für gebildete israelitisch Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 107-109. . . .

תְחִינָה פון דיא מִצְוה הַדְלָקַת הַנֵר | Prayer for the Mitsvah of Kindling the Shabbat Lights, by Sarah bat Tovim from the Tkhine of Three Gates (ca. early 18th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Sarah bat Tovim

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Erev Shabbat

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kindling, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, lamp lighting

The Prayer for the mitsvot of kindling the lights of Shabbat from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . .

ברכות לנרות חנוכה | the Blessings over Kindling the Light of Ḥanukkah

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

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Ḥanukkah

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., lamp lighting, blessings, kindling

The blessings for kindling the Ḥanukkah lights in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

Selections from 1 & 2 Maccabees and Pesiqta Rabbati on the Desecration and Rededication of the Temple and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jason of Cyrene, Septuagint (translation/Greek) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period, Ḥanukkah Readings

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המקבים Maccabees, combating anti-Jewish oppression, 2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M., Classical Antiquity, המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ, dedications and consecrations, kindling, Maccabean Revolt, Angels, נר תמיד ner tamid

Selections from 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and Pesiqta Rabbati which inform the story of Ḥanukkah: the desecration and re-dedication of the Temple (especially as it relates to Sukkot and the Brumalia), divine intervention in the Maccabean battles, and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire. . . .