tagged: night • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ | Shield the Children: A Prayer for Refugees, a paraliturgical translation of Hashkivenu by Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman

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This prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat. . . .

סֵדֶר קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה ☽ Kiddush Levanah: Sanctification of the Moon (Rabbi David Seidenberg, neohasid.org)

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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org

In Kabbalistic tradition, the new moon is sanctified seven days after its appearance, under a clear sky, standing facing east. It may be said as early as three days after the new moon, and as late as a day before the full moon (the moon should still be visibly waxing). It is the custom in the month of Av to wait to sanctify the moon until after Tisha b’Av, and in Tishrei to wait until after Yom Kippur. In a minyan, the Aleinu prayer and kaddish are traditionally added at the end. . . .

[Prayer] Before Sleeping (for Very Young Children) by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy (1927)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Clifton Harby Levy

“For Very Young Children Before Sleeping” by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy is found in The Helpful Manual (Centre of Jewish Science, 1927), p. 26. . . .

Night Prayer (for Older Children) by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy (1927)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Clifton Harby Levy

“Night Prayer (for Older Children) by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy is found in The Helpful Manual (Centre of Jewish Science, 1927), p. 27. . . .

הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ | Hashkivenu, rhymed translation by Alice Lucas (1898)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Alice Lucas (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

A rhyming translation of the evening prayer Hashkivenu. . . .

גַּמָּדֵי לָיִל | Gnomes of the Night, a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (ca. 1894)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription), Ben Aronin and Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik

The poem “Gamodei Layil” (Gnomes of the Night) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, ca. 1894. . . .

Prayer on the Ninth Day of Aḇ תשעה באב the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau

A prayer for the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. . . .

Night Prayer, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau

A prayer before going to sleep at night. . . .

Night, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1846)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

The poem, “Night” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 3:11, Shebat 5606, February 1846. . . .

מימיני מיכאל | “Mikhael is on my right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Bedtime Shema from the Maḥzor Vitry (ca. 11th c.)

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Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene, Dalia Marx and Simḥah ben Shmuel of Vitry

An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . .

כשיוצא אדם בלילה | When a person goes out at night: an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.)

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Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene, Dalia Marx and Amram Ben Rav Sheshna

An apotropaic prayer of protection for traveling at night containing an “angels on all sides” formula. . . .

מִימִינִי מִיכָאֵל | “Mikhael is on my right,” the angelic invocation for divine protection from the Ḳriyat Shema al haMitah

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

The “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in many contemporary siddurim. . . .

📄 מִדְרָשִׁים עַל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּתְקוּפַת הַחֹרֶף | Midrashim on the Origin of the Winter Solstice and Kalends Festivals by Primaeval Adam

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Devora Steinmetz and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A sourcesheet shared by Dr. Devora Steinmetz to accompany a shiur on the Winter Solstice in Jewish thought. . . .