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פיוטים piyyuṭim —⟶ tag: פיוטים piyyuṭim Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A complete poetic translation (all six verses) of Maoz Tsur. As far as the editor knows this is the first translation of Maoz Tsur to both (a) cover all the verses relatively accurately and (b) preserve the strict ABAB-BBCCB rhyme scheme of the original. (Reb Zalman’s comes close but it goes ABAB-CCDDC instead). If it sounds violent, that’s because it *is* violent. Ḥanukkah is a holiday about actively fighting against assimilation and abuse. A lot of Maoz Tsur translations are censored, but it’s a powerful, loud, and even nationalist statement. . . . Categories: Tags: 13th century C.E., 51st century A.M., Acrostic signature, High Middle Ages, Mainz, מעוז צור Maoz Tsur, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation Contributor(s): The earliest recorded prayer or piyyut providing an acrostic for the 42 letter divine name. . . . Categories: Tags: 14th century C.E., 42 letter divine name, 52nd century A.M., acrostic, apotropaic prayers of protection, Byzantium, Divine name acrostic, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prayers of redress, protection, ספר הפליאה Sefer haPeliah Contributor(s): A rhymed translation of Tsur Mishelo, a paralitugical Birkat haMazon. . . . The paralitugical Birkat haMazon Tsur Mishelo, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . The piyyut, Tsur Mishelo, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . Categories: Tags: 14th century C.E., 52nd century A.M., paraliturgical birkat hamazon, פיוטים piyyuṭim, צור משלו Tsur Mishelo, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): The most well-known 42 letter divine name acrostic piyyut. . . . Categories: Tags: 42 letter divine name, acrostic, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, devotional interpretation, Divine name acrostic, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia, פיוטים piyyuṭim, singing translation Contributor(s): This is a pizmon for Shabbat Shirah (Parashat B’Shalaḥ) by an unknown author. The text is as transcribed from the pizmonim included in the siddur משמרת הקדש: קול שומר שבת Mishmeret haQodesh: Qol Shomer Shabbat (Pisa 1821), p. 117. . . . The philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . This is the philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, by Daniel ben Judah Dayyan. Yigdal means “Magnify [O Living God]” and is based on the 13 Articles of Faith formulated by Maimonides (1135-1204). Daniel ben Judah spent eight years improving his piyyut, completing Yigdal in 1404. This was not the only metrical presentment of the 13 Articles of Faith; but it has outlived all others, whether in Hebrew or in the vernacular. The rhymed English translation by Jacob Waley (1818-1873) was published posthumously by his daughter, Julia Matilda Cohen, in The children’s Psalm-book, a selection of Psalms with explanatory comments, together with a prayer-book for home use in Jewish families (1907), pp. 300-303. . . . The philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . This is the philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, by Daniel ben Judah Dayyan. Yigdal means “Magnify [O Living God]” and is based on the 13 Articles of Faith formulated by Maimonides (1135-1204). Daniel ben Judah spent eight years improving his piyyut, completing Yigdal in 1404. This was not the only metrical presentment of the 13 Articles of Faith; but it has outlived all others, whether in Hebrew or in the vernacular. The English translation here by Israel Zangwill was transcribed from Arthur Davis & Herbert Adler’s מַחֲזוֹר עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד: עֲבֹדַת חַג הַכִּפּוּרִים Maḥzor Avodat Ohel Moed: Avodat Yom haKippurim Part II: Morning Service (1904), p. 2. . . . The philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . The philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with an English translation. . . . The doxological piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with a German translation. . . . This adaptation of Yigdal, appears in מַחְזוֹר בִּרְכַּת שָׁלוֹם Maḥzor Birkat Shalom, an egalitarian Rosh haShanah & Yom Kippur maḥzor (Havurat Shalom 2014/2022), at the end of the Maariv service, pp. 62-63. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The philosophical-creed-as-piyyut, Yigdal, in Hebrew with a creative English translation. . . . Categories: Tags: 15th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., doctrinal, interpretive translation, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, statements of belief, יגדל yigdal, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): A 15th century Ḥanukkah vs. Shabbat rap battle. Technically it’s not a rap battle–just a piyyut introducing “Mi Khamokha” in the blessing after the Shema on the Shabbat morning of Ḥanukkah . . . . Categories: Tags: 15th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., blessings following the shema, Byzantium, מי כמוך Mi Khamokha, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rap battles Contributor(s): A piyyuṭ sung by the Jews of Algiers on Shavu’ot and Simḥat Torah (and by some Moroccans for baqashot on Parashat Toldot). Yayin Tov Ratov is a love song from the perspective of God that uses a lot of language from Song of Songs. Wine and song, in this case, are both metaphors for the Torah. Of unknown origin, the acrostic spells out the name יצחק, although I can confirm that it wasn’t me who wrote it. . . . Categories: Tags: Acrostic signature, Algiers, בקשות Baqashot, love, Maghrebi Jewry, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פרשת תולדת parashat Toldot, Wine Contributor(s): An original version of Ḥad Gadya which has been fully Aramaicized, with all the Hebrew words removed and the verbs conjugated properly. . . . Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 21st century C.E., 53rd century A.M., 58th century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Making sense of Ḥad Gadya beyond its explicit meaning has long inspired commentary. For me, Ḥad Gadya expresses in its own beautiful and macabre way a particularly important idea in Judaism that has become obscure if not esoteric. While an animal’s life may today be purchased, ultimately, the forces of exploitation, predation, and destruction that dominate our world will be overturned. Singing Ḥad Gadya is thus particularly apropos for the night of Passover since, in the Jewish calendar, this one night, different from all other nights, is considered the most dangerous night of the year — it is the time in which the forces of darkness in the world are strongest. Why? It is on this night that the divine aspect of Mashḥit, the executioner, is explicitly invoked (albeit, only in the context of the divine acting as midwife and guardian/protector of her people), as explained in the midrash for Exodus 12:12 . . . Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prague, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): | ||
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