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מַה־טֹּבוּ | Priêre en entrant dans le Temple, a paraliturgical Mah Tovu by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1848)

A paraliturgical Mah Tovu, in French with English translation. . . .

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Translation, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, מה טבו mah tovu, paraliturgical mah tovu, Synagogues

Contributor(s): Jonas Ennery, Arnaud Aron and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

מַה־טֹּבֽוּ | Mah Tovu, translated from Rabbi David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid (1858) by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin (2020)

This is Joshua Giorgio-Rubin’s English translation of Rabbi David Einhorn’s adaptation of the opening prayer “Mah Tovu” as found in Rubin’s Olat Hadashah: A Modern Adaptation of David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid for Shabbat Evening (2020). Rabbi Einhorn identifies the prayer by its familiar incipit from the verse Numbers 24:5, but left that verse untranslated. . . .

Categories: Entering Sacred Spaces

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., centos, German translation, מה טבו mah tovu, petiḥah, Prayers for Praying

Contributor(s): Joshua Giorgio-Rubin, David Einhorn and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

מַה־טֹּבוּ | Mah Tovu: Prayer upon Entering the Synagogue (Romanian trans. Avraham Shlomo Gold, ca. 1903)

To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the prayer upon entering the synagogue from סדר תפילות לכל השנה Ordinea Rugăciunilor pentru toate zilele anului (nusaḥ Sefaradi, minhag Romania) translated into Romanian by Rabbi Abraham Shlomo Gold (Institutul de editura Ralian si Ignat Samitca, Craiova, 1903). A video of this siddur can be seen on youtube here. We would like to know more about Rabbi Gold; if you have any information, please contact us. . . .

Categories: Entering Sacred Spaces

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., מה טבו mah tovu, Needing Proofreading, Openers, Romanian translation, Sepharadi, Synagogues

Contributor(s): Abraham Shlomo Gold (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

מַה־טֹּבוּ | Mah Tovu, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

A paraliturgical reflection of the prayer for entering sacred communal spaces, Mah Tovu, for a shame resilience practice. . . .

Categories: Entering Sacred Spaces

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, מה טבו mah tovu, paraliturgical mah tovu, shame resilience

Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman