tagged: testament to divine reality • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ (מנהג הספרדים)‏ | Aleinu, translated by Rabbi David de Sola Pool (1937)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David de Sola Pool and Abba (Arikha) bar Aybo (traditional attribution)

Categories:

Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Aleinu

Tags:

על כן נקוה al ken n'qaveh, Jewish identity, 40th century A.M., 3rd century C.E., חתימות ḥatimot (concluding prayers), מלכויות malkhuyot, censored prayers under Christendom, עדות witnessing, testament to divine reality, standing posture, עלינו Aleinu

The prayer, Aleinu, as read by Sepharadim, with an English translation by Rabbi David de Sola Pool. . . .

Meditation on the Works of God, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Grace Aguilar

Categories:

Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Rosh Ḥodesh, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan (נִיסָן)

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Nature, testament to divine reality, 19th century C.E., hymns of creation, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English

“Meditation on the works of God” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 79-82. It is not found in the US edition. . . .