tagged: Psalms 27 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

תהלים כ״ז | A D’var Tefillah on Zombies, Elul, and Psalms 27 by Rabbi Jessica Minnen

Contributor(s):

Jessica Minnen

Categories:

Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Liturgical traditions

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Psalms 27, cannibalism, תהלים Psalms, תשובה teshuvah, Tehillim, d'var t'fillah, אלול elul, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, predation, predatory nature

As the month of Elul wanes, we are preparing. We prepare for the new moon, we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, and we prepare for the zombie invasion. I have it on good authority, as do you, that the onslaught is imminent. The alarm blares every morning — a shofar blast and a warning… . . .

תהלים כ״ז | Psalms 27, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

Categories:

Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness

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desperate pleas, glitchposting, English Translation, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, Psalms 27, pleas for help

A translation of Psalms 27 for the season of repentance, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . .

תהלים כ״ז | Psalms 27 (interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and the Masoretic Text

Categories:

Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41)

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interpretive translation, תהלים Psalms, English Translation, אלול elul, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, Psalms 27, Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, devotional interpretation

This English translation of Psalms 27 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . .