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tag: Needing citation references Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A prayer for unveiling a tombstone, according to the custom of the Jews of Pressburg. . . . Categories: Tags: Bratislava, Jewish burial, Memorial prayers, Needing Attribution, Needing citation references, Poszony, Pressburg, tombstones Contributor(s): Yah Hatsel Yonah is a traditional piyyut for Ḥanukkah, of unknown origin (although it spells out the name Yehuda as an acrostic). Beloved in Iraqi Jewish circles, it discusses the hope that Israel, likened to a dove, will be able to celebrate Ḥanukkah during a time of true redemption. Included is a relatively literal (but de-gendered) translation, as well as a poetic singable one. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A paraliturgical birkat hamazon in Ladino. . . . “A PRAYER composed and delivered by the Reverend Isaac Touro, in the Jewish Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, on Thursday the 28th Day of November, 1765, being the Day appointed, by his Honour the Governor’s Proclamation, for a general Thanksgiving in this Colony. Translated from the Hebrew.” . . . A religious Zionist national anthem composed by Rav Kook in response to the secular Zionist Hatikvah. . . . This prayer by Hillel Zeitlin was published as “That We Be Reborn” with an English translation by Eugene Kohn in the Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1945) of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan. I have slightly modified Kohn’s translation by replacing thee and thou with you and your, etc. Zeitlin’s prayer is undated and likely was published earlier and elsewhere. If you have more information on the original publication of this prayer, please contact us or leave a comment. . . . . . . A supplication of a woman cutting her hair as an act of tsanua, per a contemporary custom in many Ḥaredi communities. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., hair, hair-cutting, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing citation references, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): | ||
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