Name: שיר חדש אשיר | Shir Ḥadash Ashir (“Song Anew”) — a traditional piyyuṭ before the Song of the Sea
Uploaded: 2021-01-28T14:36:34-09:00
Channel: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Description: This piyyuṭ, bearing the acrostic signature "Samuel," is traditionally recited in the communities of Babylonia and India as a petiḥa, or opening poem, before the Song of the Sea. It is also sung on Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath where we read the Song of the Sea in public. This translation is an attempt to preserve the original meaning as well as the rhyme scheme and poetic form.

שיר חדש אשיר | Shir Ḥadash Ashir (“Song Anew”) — a traditional piyyuṭ before the Song of the Sea

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Shmuel haPaytan

Categories:

Parashat b'Shalaḥ, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags:

פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim, שבת שירה shabbat shirah, פיוטים piyyutim, אז ישיר Az Yashir, Acrostic signature, שירת הים Shirat haYam

This piyyuṭ, bearing the acrostic signature “Samuel,” is traditionally recited in the communities of Babylonia and India as a petiḥa, or opening poem, before the Song of the Sea. It is also sung on Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath where we read the Song of the Sea in public. This translation is an attempt to preserve the original meaning as well as the rhyme scheme and poetic form. . . .

📜 פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח | Parashat b’Shalaḥ (Exodus 13:17-17:16), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic kernel 'E', Masoretic layer 'J', Masoretic layer 'P', Masoretic layer 'H' and Masoretic layer 'B'

Categories:

Sefer Shemot (Exodus), Pesaḥ Readings, Parashat b'Shalaḥ

Tags:

Song of the Sea, liberation from mitsrayim, mythopoesis, פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim, supplementary hypothesis, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., שבת shabbat, redaction criticism, שירת הים Shirat haYam, פרשות parashot

The text of parashat B’shalaḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .