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tag: North American Jewry Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? חַד גַּדְיָא | Un Kabritu (אוע קַאברִיטו) — a Papiamentu translation of Ḥad Gadya by Isaac Gantwerk MayerḤad Gadya has a place in Seder tables throughout the Jewish world, and in many communities it was read in translation. The Caribbean island of Curaçao is home to the oldest Jewish community west of the Atlantic, and its local creole language of Papiamentu has substantial Jewish influence. This is a translation of Ḥad Gadya into Papiamentu, along with a transcription into Hebrew according to a new methodology for Papiamentu in Hebrew. . . . Categories: Nirtsah Au Renouvellement Du Mois: Sur la Brièveté de la Vie | At the New Moon: On the Brevity of Life, by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1848)To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of a teḥinah (supplicatory prayer) composed in parallel to the Prayer for the New Moon, following in the paraliturgical tradition of Yiddish tkhines, albeit written in French. . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh A Supplication Before the Divine Throne During an Outbreak of Asiatic Cholera in Montreal by Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1849)This is a faithful transcription of a prayer appearing at the end of a sermon delivered by Rabbi Abraham de Sola in K.K. Shearith Yisrael (Montreal), “during the prevalence of asiatic cholera,” and subsequently published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate (7:7, Tishrei 5610/October 1849). The English translation is a “free translation” made by Rabbi Abraham de Sola. . . . Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics Méditation Pour Le Veille Du Sabbat | Meditation for the Eve of the Sabbath (Friday), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1852)A prayer for Kabbalat Shabbat, reflecting on the creator of creation. . . . Categories: Friday Méditation Pour le Mardi | Meditation for Tuesday (the Third Day), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron and Jonas Ennery (1852)A paraliturgical prayer for the Psalms of Tuesday in French, with English translation. . . . Categories: Tuesday Méditation Pour le Mercedi | Meditation for Wednesday (the Fourth Day), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron & Jonas Ennery (1852)A paraliturgical prayer for the Psalm for Wednesday, in French with English translation. . . . Categories: Wednesday Méditation Pour Le Jeudi | Meditation for Thursday (the Fifth Day), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron and Jonas Ennery (1852)A meditation and a teḥinah (supplicatory prayer) composed in parallel to the Prayer for Thursday, following in the paraliturgical tradition of Yiddish tkhines, albeit written in French. . . . Categories: Thursday Méditation Pour le Lundi | Meditation for Monday (the Second Day), by Rabbi Arnaud Aron and Jonas Ennery (1852)A paraliturgical prayer for Monday in French with English translation. . . . Categories: Monday 📖 תפלות בני ישורון לראש השנה (רפורמי) | The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (Minhag America, 1866)A maḥzor for Rosh haShanah in Hebrew with English translation compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag Ameriḳa. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah 📖 תפלות בני ישורון ליום הכפורים (רפורמי) | The Divine Service of American Israelites for the Day of Atonement, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (Minhag America, 1866)A maḥzor for Yom Kippur in Hebrew with English translation compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag America. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim 📖 תפלות בני ישורון (רפורמי) | Hymns, Psalms & Prayers in English and German, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, et al (Minhag America, 1868)A collection of hymns, psalms, and paraliturgical prayers for festivals and other events in German and English compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag Ameriḳa. . . . Categories: Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers A collection of hymns used by Temple Emanu-El in New York City. The hymn book mainly contains hymns in German with English translation by Rabbi James Koppel Gutheim (1817-1886) with another handful in English including one by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1821-1867), and the rest by a young Felix Adler (before his founding of Ethical Culture). . . . Categories: Hymn-Books & Religious poetry 📖 תפלות בני ישורון (רפורמי) | Selected Prayers for Various Occasions in Life, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (Minhag America, 1872)A siddur supplement compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise containing teḥinot in English for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag Ameriḳa. . . . Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers 📖 תפלות בני ישורון (רפורמי) | The Daily Prayers for American Israelites, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (Minhag America, 1872)A siddur in Hebrew with English translation compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag America. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 סידור עבודת ישראל | Siddur Aḇodath Yisrael, arranged by R’ Benjamin Szold and translated by R’ Marcus Jastrow (1873)The siddur, Aḇodath Yisrael was first prepared for Temple Oheb Shalom (Baltimore, Maryland) by Rabbi Benjamin Szold (1829-1902). Before Szold’s arrival in 1859, the congregation had adopted for use in its Shabbat service the Minhag America by the Reform rabbi, Isaac Meyer Wise. After much discussion with his congregation Szold introduced Aḇodath Yisrael, which hewed more closely to traditional Ashkenazi custom. The first edition of this prayer-book appeared in 1863 with German translation, and was widely adopted by congregations in the United States. New editions were published in 1864 and 1865 (the latter with English translation), and another, revised edition in 1871, by Rabbis Marcus Jastrow of Philadelphia (1829-1903) and Henry Hochheimer of Baltimore (1818-1912). . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Baltimore, English Translation, Needing Decompilation, Needing Transcription, North American Jewry, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Philadelphia, United States Contributor(s): Benjamin Szold, Marcus Jastrow and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) Prayer for a Thanksgiving Day Shabbat Service in Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States (1905)This prayer was prepared for use in a special service on the Sabbath before Thanksgiving Day, 1905, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jews in the United States. It was published in The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States, 1655-1905 (New York Co-operative Society: 1906), pp. 253-256. (The prayer also appears in the 14th volume of Proceedings of the American Jewish Historical Society (1906).) It was prepared by a committee consisting of a seven-starred constellation of prominent Reform and early Conservative movement rabbis: Rabbi Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes (chair), Rabbi Dr. M.H. Harris, Rabbi Dr. Philip Klein, Rabbi Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schechter, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Schulman, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Silverman. . . . Opening prayer at the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States — by Rabbi Joseph Silverman (1905)The opening prayer offered by Rabbi Joseph Silverman for “the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States, 1655-1905,” at Carnegie Hall, New York City, Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1905. The prayer was published in the Publications Of The American Jewish Historical Society number 14 (1906). . . . A prayer for lifegiving sustenance. . . . 📖 סדר תפלת ישורון (מנהג הספרדים) | Seder Tefilat Yeshurun, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated by Menaḥem-Gershon Glenn (1935)This is סדר תפלת ישורון Book of prayers Tephilath Jeshurun: containing all the prayers for the year according to the custom of the holy congregations of the Sephardim in the Orient and elsewhere translated by Menaḥem ben Mosheh Yeḥezqel and published by the Hebrew Publishing Company in 1935. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 תפלות ישראל לשבת ושלוש רגלים (אשכנז) | Tefilot Yisrael l’Shabbat v’Shalosh Regalim — Prayers of Israel vol. 2: For the Sabbath and the Festivals, arranged and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak (third revised edition, 1937)A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for Shabbat and the Shalosh Regalim (festivals), compiled and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak. This volume (number 2) complements a second for weekdays and special occasions (vol. 1). . . . ? תפלות ישראל לימי חול (אשכנז) | Tefilot Yisrael Limei Ḥol — Prayers of Israel vol.1: For Weekdays and Special Occasions, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak (1937)A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for weekdays and special occasions, compiled and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak. This volume complements a second for Shabbat and the Shalosh Regalim (festivals). . . . Categories: Weekday siddurim A songster compiled by Harry Coopersmith. . . . The experimental siddur, Prayers & Readings Selected and Arranged by Rabbi Solomon Goldman can be found appended to Harry Coopersmith’s songbook, Songs of My People (1938). The work, I believe, is an excellent reflection of the creative spirit of the nascent Reconstructionist movement. Goldman’s prayerbook is both traditional and expansive, seeking to bring into its pages both familiar liturgy along with additional works from all over Jewish literary history. The work represents what Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan would call a “Binder Siddur” — the siddur as a container of inspired works for collective reading and reflection in the synagogue. Perhaps even for personal use. With its good number of authors and translators expressing different voices appealing to Goldman, Prayers & Readings is also a kind of proto-Open Siddur. However, unlike the Open Siddur, Goldman only provides acknowledgement of the various authors and translators in his preface, and we are left uncertain as to which works should actually be attributed to each contributor. If you can tell which of the listed authors and translators contributed what, please leave a comment or contact us. . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim 📖 תְּפִלּוֹת וּזְמִרוֹת לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת | Sabbath Eve Services and Hymns, a Friday night prayerbook compiled and arranged by Rabbi Sidney Guthman and Robert Segal (1944)A Friday night siddur compiled by two Conservative movement rabbis for use in traditional leaning congregations familiar with Reform movement arrangements. Besides containing four alternative services for Friday nights, the prayerbook also contains extensive musical notation for congregational participation in singing liturgical melodies and hymns. . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim Contributor(s): Sidney S. Guthman, Robert H. Segal and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) Arranged and translated by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the Sabbath Prayer Book is the first Reconstructionist prayerbook we know of to have entered the Public Domain. . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim 📖 סדר תפלות ישראל (אשכנז) | Seder Tefilot Yisrael: Sabbath and Festival Prayer Book, compiled by the Rabbinical Assembly & United Synagogue of America (1946)The Rabbinical Assembly of America’s popular mid-20th century modern prayerbook for Conservative American Jewry based upon the work of Rabbi Morris Silverman. . . . A prayer for United Nations Day, the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. . . . 📖 הַסִּדּוּר הַשָּׁלֵם (אשכנז) | HaSiddur haShalem, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated and annotated by Paltiel Birnbaum (1949)The first edition of the Daily Prayerbook, Ha-Siddur Ha-Shalem, compiled and translated by Paltiel Birnbaum (Hebrew Publishing Co. 1949). . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 מַחֲזוֹר הַשָּׁלֵם לְרֹאשׁ הַשָׁנָה וְיוֹם כִּפּוּר (אשכנז) | Maḥzor haShalem l’Rosh haShanah v’Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Paltiel Birnbaum (1951)A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Ashkenaz). . . . 📖 סידור תפארת דוד (נוסח האר״י) | Siddur Tifereth David, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook arranged by Ḥayyim Alter Segal (1951)The first nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l (“Sefardic-Ḥassidic”) prayerbook with a relatively complete English translation, published in 1951 by the Hebrew Publishing Company. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 סְלִיחוֹת לַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן | Seliḥot for the First Day, translated and annotated by Philip Birnbaum (1952)A seder seliḥot (a penitential prayer service) for the first day of seliḥot, in the week prior to Rosh ha-Shanah, as prepared and translated by Philip Paltiel Birnbaum and published by Hebrew Publishing Co., in 1952. . . . Categories: Seder Seliḥot and Tefilot l'Taaniyot Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, סליחות səliḥot, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah Contributor(s): Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Hebrew Publishing Company and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) A prayer for planting a tree or trees. . . . A prayer for Memorial Day in the United States, composed in 1954. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May) This manual has been devised for the express purpose of giving the Rabbi, or anyone officiating at a Jewish ceremonial or ritual, a concise and practical aid that will facilitate the task of officiating , and will obviate the necessity of resorting to the voluminous literature pertaining thereto. . . . Categories: Memorial, Funeral, and Cemetery Prayer Guides, Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers 📖 הַסִּדוּר (אשכנז) | HaSiddur, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser (1957)Ben Zion Bokser’s popular mid-20th century modern prayerbook for Conservative American Jewry. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 המחזור לראש השנה ויום כּיפּור (אשכנז) | HaMaḥzor l’Rosh haShanah v’Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser (1959)A prayer book ( maḥzor ) for the Jewish penitential holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, translated and arranged by Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser (1907-1984). . . . This prayer-leaflet was primarily intended for a group of Hebrew Union College students who met every sabbath afternoon for extra-curricular (noncredit) Torah study with Rabbi Dr. Jakob Petuchowki in the mid-1960s. Their service was conducted entirely in Hebrew and in the traditional nusaḥ with some minor but interesting Liberal innovations. Petuchowki writes, “We have omitted only the various repetitions as well as the prayer for the restoration of the sacrificial service. (But we have retained the place of Zion as the symbol of the messianic hope.) In the ‘Alenu prayer, we have preferred a positive formulation of the “Election of Israel” to the traditional negative one.” . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim 📖 הַסִּדּוּר הַשָּׁלֵם (נוסח האר״י) | HaSiddur HaShalem (Ḥassidic-Sefardic), a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated and annotated by Paltiel Birnbaum (1969)The Ḥassidic-Sefardic edition of Ha-Siddur Ha-Shalem, a bilingual Hebrew-English comprehensive prayerbook arranged and translated by Paltiel Birnbaum for the Hebrew Publishing Co. in 1969. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim Geshem and tal: rain and dew. We pray for each in its season, geshem all winter and tal as summer approaches…not everywhere, necessarily, but in the land of Israel where our prayers have their roots. In a desert climate, water is clearly a gift from God. It’s easy for us to forget that, here with all of this rain and snow. But our liturgy reminds us. Through the winter months, during our daily amidah we’ve prayed “mashiv ha-ruach u-morid ha-gashem” — You cause the winds to blow and the rains to fall! We only pray for rain during the rainy season, because it is frustrating both to us and to God when we pray for impossibilities. . . . הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ | Shield the Children: A Prayer for Refugees, a paraliturgical translation of Hashkivenu by Rabba Kaya Stern-KaufmanThis prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat. . . . Prayer on the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the State of Israel for North American Jews, by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen (T’ruah 2023)The “Prayer for North American Jews on the 75th Anniversary of Israel’s Founding” was first published and disseminated from the website of T’ruah, via PDF here. . . . Tags: 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North American Jewry, the Occupation Contributor(s): Ayelet Cohen, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) “Upon My Heart” was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared via the Open Siddur Project discussion group on 20 November 2023. The added hashtag “#bringthemhomenow” helps to contextualize the prayer-poem, as written to express the yearning for the return of the captives taken hostage during the 7 October massacres by HAMA”S and its allies. . . . | ||
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