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סדר מגילת אסתר עם פסוקים שנאמרו על אסתר ומרדכי | Seder Megillat Esther (with verses to be said for Esther and Mordekhai)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masoretic Text and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Esther, Purim Readings
Tags:	37th century A.M., מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, egalitarian, self-sacrifice, Shtadlanut, 2nd century B.C.E.
	Megillat Esther in Masoretic Hebrew with an English translation, including verses for public recitation highlighted to spotlight the heroic acts of Esther and Mordekhai. . . .

An Adaptation of the Megillah of Esther, an English Rendition with Trōp, by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler (1990)

Contributor(s):	Jack Kessler (trōpification) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Categories:	Esther, Purim Readings
Tags:	Philadelphia, Cantillized readings in English, Mordekhai, Esther, Megillah Readings in English, Shushan, purimspiel, 20th century C.E., מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, 58th century A.M.
	The Megillah of Esther: An Original English Rendition (set to trop) by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler was first published in 1990. This second “version 2.0” edition was published in 2016. . . .

מִי כָמֽוֹךָ וְאֵין כָּמֽוֹךָ | Mi Khamokha v’Ein Kamokha, a retelling of Megillat Esther in a piyyut for Shabbat Zakhor by Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi
Categories:	Purim
Tags:	פיוטים piyyutim, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., blessings following the shema, שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor, מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther
	The poem Mi Khamokha v-Ein Khamokha, an epic retelling of the book of Esther in verse, was written for Shabbat Zakhor, the Shabbat before Purim, by the great paytan Yehuda ben Shmuel haLevi. It was originally written as a “geulah,” meant to be inserted into the prayer after the Shema in place of the verse beginning with “A new song…” But later Sephardic poskim ruled that it was forbidden to insert piyyutim into the Shema blessings, so in the communities that recite it today it is generally either read after the Full Kaddish as an introduction to the Torah service, or (for instance, in most Spanish and Portuguese communities) within the verse “Kol atzmotai tomarna” in the Nishmat prayer. Wherever you include it in your service, it’s a beautiful and intricately rhymed piyyut, and surprisingly easy to understand at that. It is presented here in a gender-neutral translation with all the Biblical verses cited, alongside a new translation that preserves the fourfold acrostic, two alphabetical and two authorial. –Isaac Gantwerk Mayer . . .

פורים | Learn the Kriyat Megillat Esther with Rabbi Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery

Contributor(s):	R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli
Categories:	Cantillation Systems, Esther, Purim Readings
Tags:	מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz
	The following seven lessons by Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery to help the student prepare for their reading of Megillat Esther. The nusaḥ taught is Israeli style Ashkenaz-Lithuanian. . . .

טראָפּ | Ta’amei Hamiqra (cantillation) for Megillat Esther

Contributor(s):	Gabriel Kretzmer Seed (translation)
Categories:	Cantillation Systems, Esther
Tags:	מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, טראָפּ trōp
	For aspiring ba’al qoreh (readers) of Megillat Esther studying its various styles of cantillation (Hebrew, ta’amei hamiqra or in Yiddish, טראָפּ trōp), a fair number of recordings are popping up online, but only one so far is being shared with a free/libre, copyleft license thanks to Gabriel Seed, lead developer of zemirotdatabase.org. The audio file is free to redistribute and remix under the CC BY-SA license. We’re honored to share Gabriel’s recording of a zarqa table for Megillat Esther read in the Nusaḥ Ashkenaz style. . . .

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