A reading for the New Year’s Day for Animals — Rosh haShanah laBehemot — on Rosh Ḥodesh Elul. . . .
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tagged: צער באלי חיים tsa’ar baalei ḥayyim 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ג באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Rosh haShanah laBehemot
Tags:  animals, animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, animal protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., domesticated animals, בלק Balaq, giving voice to the voiceless
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady
Shared on כ״ט באב ה׳תשע״א (2011-08-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah
Tags: eco-conscious, animals, Compassion, animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, בהמות behemot, ḥeshbon nefesh, behemah, shofar blowing 
Once upon a time when the Temple still stood, the Rosh haShanah la-Behemah celebrated one means by which we elevated and esteemed the special creatures that helped us to live and to work. Just as rabbinic Judaism found new ways to realize our Temple offerings with tefillot — prayers — so too the Rosh haShanah la-Behemah challenges us to realize the holiness of the animals in our care in a time without tithes. The Jewish New Year’s Day for Animals is a challenge to remind and rediscover what our responsibilities are to the animals who depend on us for their welfare. Are we treating them correctly and in accord with the mitsvah of tsa’ar baalei ḥayyim — sensitivity to the suffering of living creatures? Have we studied and understood the depth of ḥesed — lovingkindness — expressed in the breadth of our ancestors teachings concerning the welfare of animals in Torah?haShanah la-Behemah is the day to reflect on our immediate or mediated relationships with domesticated animals, recognize our personal responsibilities to them, individually and as part of a distinct and holy people, and repair our relationships to the best of our ability. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady
Shared on ט״ו באב ה׳תשע״ו (2016-08-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Rosh Ḥodesh Elul (אֶלוּל)
Tags: שופר shofar, animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, בהמות behemot, אלול elul, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, animal protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., shofar blowing, חשבון הנפש Ḥeshbon HaNefesh, the sixth month 
The text of this ritual shofar blowing for Rosh Ḥodesh Elul on Rosh haShanah La-Behemah developed as part of the annual ceremony taking place at the dairy barn on the campus of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center beginning in 2009 under the auspices of Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality and the Adamah Farm & Fellowship. The first Rosh haShanah ritual ceremony was co-developed by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Kohenet Sarah Chandler. My contribution of the kavvanah came a year later in 2010. The text presented here was built upon that ceremony and was presented first at the Hazon Detroit Jewish Food Festival in 2016. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ח בכסלו ה׳תשע״ו (2015-12-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah, Shavuot, Rosh haShanah la-Behemah
Tags: 20th century C.E., animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, בהמות behemot, animal protection, 57th century A.M., Yiddish songs, Pedagogical songs, ba'alei ḥayyim, ḥayot, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution 
“Tsaar Balei Ḥayyim” ([It is forbidden to cause] suffering to a living creature), source unknown. Many thanks to Tiferet Zimmern-Kahan for recording the niggun for the song and to Naftali Ejdelman and The Jewish Daily Forward for providing the lyrics. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'D1', Masoretic layer 'D2' and Masoretic layer 'Dp'
Shared on ח׳ באלול ה׳תשע״ט (2019-09-07) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy), Parashat Ki Tetsei
Tags: צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, predation, predatory gaze, anti-predatory, predatory nature, sexual predation, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, the Plains of Moav, 7th century B.C.E., 34th century A.M., let's review, כי־תצא Ki Tetsei 
The text of parashat Ki Tetsei, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Alter Abelson
Shared on י״ט בשבט ה׳תשע״ט (2019-01-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah
Tags: 20th century C.E., Compassion, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, 57th century A.M., lev nishbar, חסד Ḥesed, lovingkindness, Shamir שמיר, The Worm, humility 
The poem “Wormicide” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'D1', Masoretic layer 'D2' and Masoretic layer 'Dp'
Shared on ט׳ באלול ה׳תשע״ט (2019-09-08) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy), Parashat Ki Tavo
Tags: blessings, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, predation, predatory gaze, anti-predatory, predatory nature, sexual predation, curses, mythopoesis, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, the Plains of Moav, 7th century B.C.E., 34th century A.M., let's review, כי־תבוא Ki Tavo, amen 
The text of parashat Ki Tavo, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . . 
Contributor(s): The Jewish Vegetarian Society in Jerusalem and Michael Fraade (translation)
Shared on כ״ב באב ה׳תשע״ד (2014-08-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Seder LaBehemot
Tags: eco-conscious, animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, animal protection, Alef b'Elul, Rosh Hashanah L'Baalei Ḥayyim, Needing Translation (into English) 
ראש השנה לבעלי־החיים – על מה ולמה? מקורו של ראש השנה לבעלי־חיים הוא באותה משנה שבה המקור לט”ו בשבט: “ארבעה ראשי שנים הם: באחד בניסן ראש השנה למלכים ולרגלים. באחד באלול ראש השנה למעשר בהמה; רבי אלעזר ורבי שמעון אומרין, באחד בתשרי. באחד בתשרי ראש השנה לשנים לשמיטים וליובלות, ולנטיעה ולירקות. באחד בשבט ראש השנה לאילן, כדברי בית שמאי; בית הלל אומרין בחמישה עשר בו”. (משנה ראש השנה א, א). . . . |
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