The poem “Gamodei Layil” (Gnomes of the Night) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, ca. 1894. . . .
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., animistic spirits, creatures of the night, entering magical territory, evening spirits, Jewish faeries, magical beings, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, night, romanticism, שדים sheydim, vilde ḥayye, where the wild things are, whimsy
The poem “Tsafririm” (1900) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik with an English translation by Ben Aronin. . . .
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., alternate rhyming scheme, animistic spirits, entering magical territory, first person, Jewish faeries, Light, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, numinous beings, Prayers as poems, romanticism
Siddur Livnat HaSapir l’Kabbalat Shabbat is a complete prayerbook (siddur) for welcoming the Shabbat on nearly all Friday evenings. This is the personal prayerbook of Aharon Varady, containing his idiosyncratic preferences in liturgical custom and aesthetic presentation. . . .
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