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opensiddur.orgתְּפִלָּה לְיוֹם הַבְּחִירוּת | A Tefilah for Election Day (Tzohar, 2026) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis prayer for a voter on Election Day in the State of Israel was disseminated by Tzohar via its social media page on Facebook and via Arutz Sheva on 26 October 2026.

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תְּפִלָּה לְיוֹם הַבְּחִירוּת | A Tefilah for Election Day (Tzohar, 2026) opensiddur.org?p=69617

opensiddur.org🇮🇱 Yom haB'ḥirut • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers offered for Yom haB’ḥirut, the civic day dedicated for democratic elections in Medinat Yisrael (the State of Israel). Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for Election Day in Israel. Looking for something else? For prayers offered for election day in the United States, please visit here. For prayers offered for the well-being of one’s congregation and community, visit here. For prayers composed for the wellbeing of the State of Israel, go here. For opening prayers offered before legislative bodies, go here. For prayers composed for social justice, peace, and liberty, go here.

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opensiddur.orgKristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany (including Austria and the Sudentenland). Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November...

Resources shared for Kristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

opensiddur.orgתְּפִלַּת יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ | Təfilat Ya’aqov Avinu — a Hekhalot magical text from the Cairo Geniza, T-S K 21.95T, based on the text of the pseudepigraphal Ladder of Jacob 2:6–22 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe three Cairo Geniza fragments T.-S. K 1.144, T.-S. K21.95.T, and T.-S. K21.95. are generally thought to have been pages from the same work, the rest of which is lost. They are the same hand, the same size, and similar content — largely Hekhalot-era pseudepigraphal and magical texts. While these fragments first caught my eye due to their record of one of the earliest known Hebrew texts of the apocryphal Prayer of Manasseh (to be uploaded in the future), they also include several fascinating magical texts and apocryphal prayers which are worth studying in their own rite. This text, a short prayer attributed to Abraham, features much language in common with the Ḳaddish and the Yishtabaḥ.

תְּפִלַּת יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ | Təfilat Ya’aqov Avinu — a Hekhalot magical text from the Cairo Geniza, T-S K 21.95T, based on the text of the pseudepigraphal Ladder of Jacob 2:6–22 opensiddur.org?p=69605 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

תְּפִילָּה לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ | Təfilah l-Avraham Avinu — a Hekhalot magical text from the Cairo Geniza (T-S K 1.144) opensiddur.org?p=69597

opensiddur.orgתְּפִלָּה לִימֵי בְּחִירוֹת | A Prayer for Election Days, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2026) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַSource (Hebrew) Translation (English) To be inserted before the חתימה of ברכת המשפט, or שומע תפילה if that’s too radical for you. הַנּוֹתֵן מֶמְשָׁלָה לְמוֹשְׁלִים וְשִׁלְטוֹן לְשׇׁלְטָנִים הַמֵּקִים ...

תְּפִלָּה לִימֵי בְּחִירוֹת | A Prayer for Election Days, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (2026) opensiddur.org?p=69577

opensiddur.org📖 סֵדֶר סְלִיחוֹת הַשָּׁלֵם לְכָל הַשָּׁנָה | The Authorised Seliḥot for the Whole Year, by Rabbi Abraham Rosenfeld (1956) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַסדר סליחות השלם לכל השנה The Authorised Selichot for the Whole Year (1965) is a comprehensive Hebrew-English maḥzor for memorial days in the rabbinic Jewish religious calendar according to the liturgical custom of Ashkenaz, as prepared by Rabbi Abraham Rosenfeld (1914-1984) under supervision of the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Rabbi Israel Brodie. The prayerbook also contains a memorial prayer for victims of the Holocaust.

📖 סֵדֶר סְלִיחוֹת הַשָּׁלֵם לְכָל הַשָּׁנָה | The Authorised Seliḥot for the Whole Year, by Rabbi Abraham Rosenfeld (1956) opensiddur.org?p=69545

opensiddur.org💬 Preamble and Introduction to the United Nations Charter (1945) | מבוא לאמנת האומות המאוחדות (Hebrew trans., 1949) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe Preamble (followed by the first article of the first chapter) of the Charter of the United Nations from 1945 translated into Hebrew by the State of Israel in 1949.

💬 Preamble and Introduction to the United Nations Charter (1945) | מבוא לאמנת האומות המאוחדות (Hebrew trans., 1949) opensiddur.org?p=43731

opensiddur.org🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, United Nations Day, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by its member states on 24 October 1945, at the end of World War Ⅱ. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared the day as one which “shall be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for” its work. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a further resolution (United Nations Resolution 2782) declaring that United Nations Day shall be an international observance or international holiday and recommended that it should be observed as a public holiday by United Nations member states. (This summary contains material derived from Wikipedia) Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for United Nations Day. Looking for something else? For prayers composed for, or relevant to, National Brotherhood Week in the United States, visit here. For prayers composed in response to war, visit here. For pledges of allegiance to the earth, go here.

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opensiddur.org🇮🇱 Yitsḥaq Rabin Memorial Day (4 November, 12 Marḥeshvan) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers composed for the yahrẓeit of Yitsḥaq Rabin, the fifth prime minister of the state of Israel, whose assassination took place at 21:30 on 4 November 1995 (12 Marḥeshvan 5756) at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assassin, a Jewish Israeli ultranationalist, was radically opposed to Prime Minister Yitsḥaq Rabin’s peace initiative, and particularly so to the signing of the Oslo Accords. Click here to contribute a work you have prepared, transcribed, or translated for 12 Marḥeshvan. Looking for something else? For prayers composed for Tsom Gedalyahu, go here. For public readings prepared for Tsom Gedalyahu, visit here.

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opensiddur.org📖 סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה: בְּרֵאשִׁית | La Ley de Moisés: Génesis — compiled with a translation and commentary in Spanish by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed (1970) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַ...This is the first volume (Genesis) of a bilingual Hebrew-Spanish ḥumash in Hebrew compiled by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed with his translation and commentary. Haftarot for each parashah are included a...

📖 סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה: בְּרֵאשִׁית | La Ley de Moisés: Génesis — compiled with a translation and commentary in Spanish by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed (1970) opensiddur.org?p=69528

opensiddur.org🇺🇦 Ukraine • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of civic prayers offered for the welfare of the sovereign state of Україна (Ukraine). The majority of the prayers collected here were offered after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by R...

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שסת שלום ומבורך

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Wait, why am I going to need healing tomorrow?

opensiddur.orgספר חמשה חמשי תורה וסדר הפטרות השנה | A Lei de Moisés e as Haftarot — compiled with Portuguese translation and commentary by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed (1962) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט ...A ḥumash in Hebrew with a translation and commentary in Portuguese by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed.

ספר חמשה חמשי תורה וסדר הפטרות השנה | A Lei de Moisés e as Haftarot — compiled with Portuguese translation and commentary by Rabbi Meïr Matsliaḥ Melamed (1962) opensiddur.org?p=69510

opensiddur.orgהודיה על הצלת נוסעי מטוס פליי דובאי | Thanksgiving Prayer for the Rescue of the Fly Dubai Passengers (on 19 Tishrei), by Dr. Yael Levine • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַA prayer of gratitude for the safe return of all the passengers on the FlyDubai Flight 1073 on 30 September 2026.

הודיה על הצלת נוסעי מטוס פליי דובאי | Thanksgiving Prayer for the Rescue of the Fly Dubai Passengers (on 19 Tishrei), by Dr. Yael Levine opensiddur.org?p=69487

opensiddur.org🇺🇸 Indigenous Peoples' Day (2nd Monday of October) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers composed for or relevant to Indigenous People’s Day, a civic day in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. Indigenous Peoples’ Day began as a counter-celebration to the US Columbus Day honoring the 15th century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Many rejected the premise of Columbus Day arguing that it represents “the violent history of the colonization in the Western Hemisphere” and that it sanitizes Christopher Columbus’ own actions such as enslaving the Taíno People of the Caribbean. Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first instituted in Berkeley, California, in 1992, to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Two years later, Santa Cruz, California, instituted the day in their civil calendar. Starting in 2014, many other cities and states adopted it. Click here to contribute a prayer or reading you have prepared for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Looking for something else? For prayers composed for Thanksgiving Day in the United States, go here. For special readings on US Thanksgiving Day, go here. For special readings on US Emancipation Day, go here. For special readings on US Constitution & Citizenship Day, go here.

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opensiddur.orgRosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan, the eighth month in the Jewish calendar. Explaining the etymology of the name, Shlomo Zuckier writes at the...

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opensiddur.orgאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַֽעַת | Aḥashvah la-Da'at — a zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is the zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomo ben Yehuda ha-Bavli, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new phonetic acrostic translation in English.

אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַֽעַת | Aḥashvah la-Da’at — a zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli opensiddur.org?p=69451 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgשֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַֽיִם | Shesh Kenafim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit by Shlomoh ben Yehudah haBavli • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit by Shlomo haBavli, with English rhyming acrostic translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English. Less commonly recited in Minhag Polin, It i...

שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַֽיִם | Shesh Kenafim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit by Shlomoh ben Yehudah haBavli opensiddur.org?p=69438 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgשַׁאֲלוּ שְׁחָקִים | Shaalu Sheḥakim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Shlomo ibn Gabirol • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Shlomo ibn Gabirol, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English.

שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁחָקִים | Shaalu Sheḥakim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Shlomo ibn Gabirol opensiddur.org?p=69431 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social from Seligman Baer's Die Piyut, 1862)

opensiddur.orgאֵל נִשָּׂא | El Nisa — a yotser piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomo ben Yehudah ha-Bavli • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַAn anonymous piyyuṭ, inserted into Nishmat Kol Ḥai, which, in the old Worms rite (as well as, according to some commentators, the Mainz rite), was recited on Shabbat Bereshit and day 1 of Shavuot. It describes God being clad in the ten midrashic divine garments at creation, the giving of the Torah, and the defeat of enemies.

אֵל נִשָּׂא | El Nisa — a yotser piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomo ben Yehudah ha-Bavli opensiddur.org?p=69421 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social from Seligman Baer's Die Piyyut, 1862)

opensiddur.orgמִי אֵֽדֶר וָהוֹד | Mi Eder va-Hod — a piyyuṭ in Nishmat Kol Ḥai for Shabbat Bereshit and Shavuot, from the Maḥzor Worms • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַAn anonymous piyyuṭ, inserted into Nishmat Kol Ḥai, which, in the old Worms rite (as well as, according to some commentators, the Mainz rite), was recited on Shabbat Bereshit and day 1 of Shavuot. It ...

מִי אֵֽדֶר וָהוֹד | Mi Eder va-Hod — a piyyuṭ in Nishmat Kol Ḥai for Shabbat Bereshit and Shavuot, from the Maḥzor Worms opensiddur.org?p=69415 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

The Peace of Empathy — three stanzas adapted from “Worship,” a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1848) opensiddur.org?p=28058

Prayers and qinot shared in the wake of the 7 October 2023 massacres opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...

opensiddur.orgShemini Atseret • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the festival of שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת Shemini Atseret. On Shemini Atseret, the Tefilat Geshem (prayer for rain) is offered for the fertility of all life on Earth and the resulting health of all peoples. (On the other side of the Jewish calendar, the Prayer for Dew is offered on Pesaḥ before the dry season in the northern hemisphere and Erets Yisrael.) Literally, Shemini Atseret means the “Eighth [day] of Assembly”, but given that both Shemini Atseret and the seventh final day of Pesaḥ are described as atseret in the Torah, the name is taken to mean “the closing festival” at the conclusion of each of these week long festivals. The origin of Ḥanukkah underscores the significance of these festivals. During the Seleucid Greek occupation of Jerusalem in the 160s BCE, Sukkot and Shemini Atseret could not properly be celebrated in the second Temple. As a result, when the Temple was retaken by the Maccabees after the rainy season had already begun, the festival of Ḥanukkah was born with many of Sukkot and Shemini Atseret’s rain-oriented ritual symbolism transformed to that of light. Co-incident with Shemini Atseret is the festival of the completion of the Torah, Simḥat Torah. In the Diaspora, Shemin Atseret is a two day festival and, outside the bounds of the historic land of Israel, Simḥat Torah is celebrated on the second day of the yom tov for Shemini Atseret. Click here to contribute a prayer or transcription or translation of a historic prayer. Looking for something else? For prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for Sukkot, go here. For special readings for Sukkot, go here.

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opensiddur.orgHoshana Rabba • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers, mostly hoshanot, for the 7th and final day of Sukkot: הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא (Hoshana Rabba). Together with Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur, Hoshana Rabba is the third in a tri...

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opensiddur.org💬 מְגִלַּת הַמְּתִיקוּת | Megillat HaMetiḳut (Scroll of the Sweetness), by Noraa Neither Kaplan (17 Tishrei, 5787) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַמגלת המתיקות Megillat HaMetiḳut (Scroll of the Sweetness), written and sealed by the hand of Noraa Neither Kaplan, upon the deliverance of the Jews from confectionary catastrophe on the 17th of Tishre...

💬 מְגִלַּת הַמְּתִיקוּת | Megillat HaMetiḳut (Scroll of the Sweetness), by Noraa Neither Kaplan (17 Tishrei, 5787) opensiddur.org?p=69351 (cantillated and read by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgRabbi Yosef vs. the Sorceror, a tale of a miraculous rescue on erev Yom Kippur retold by Rabbi Yehudah heḤasid in RSL Ms. Guenzburg 82 (ca. 12th c.) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַI found the story in the [Russian State Library] Guenzburg ms. 82…in a commentary on the Pentateuch by Rabbi Judah the Pious of Regensburg that was written from memory after Rabbi Judah’s death (1217) by his son. The story, therefore, was known as early as the first years of the thirteenth century, and possibly at […]

Rabbi Yosef vs. the Sorceror, a tale of a miraculous rescue on erev Yom Kippur retold by Rabbi Yehudah heḤasid in RSL Ms. Guenzburg 82 (ca. 12th c.) opensiddur.org?p=69333

opensiddur.orgסֵדֶר אוּשְׁפִּיזָתָא | Seder Ushpizata — an original Aramaic-language invocation of the matriarchs into the sukkah in the style of the traditional Seder Ushpizin by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer • the Open Si...An original Aramaic-language seder ushpizata, as a parallel to the patriarchal ushpizin, to invite matriarchal figures from history. While other "ushpizot" or "ushpizata" texts have been written befor...

סֵדֶר אוּשְׁפִּיזָתָא | Seder Ushpizata — an original Aramaic-language invocation of the matriarchs into the sukkah in the style of the traditional Seder Ushpizin by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social) opensiddur.org?p=69326

opensiddur.orgסדר אושפיזין / אושפיזתא | Seder Ushpizin and Ushpizata: Inviting the Avot and Imahot into your Sukkah by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּת...The essential idea of the liturgy of Ushpizin is to invoke the energies of the seven lower Sefirot in the proper order, so that Shefa, blessing and sustenance, can be drawn down into the world. This i...

סדר אושפיזין / אושפיזתא | Seder Ushpizin and Ushpizata: Inviting the Avot and Imahot into your Sukkah by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org) opensiddur.org?p=5294 (scribal art by Dr. Noam Sienna)

opensiddur.orgMaḥzorim for Sukkot • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of digital scans of maḥzorim (festival prayer books) for the pilgrimage festival of Sukkot. Most have entered the Public Domain due to the expiration of their term of copyright. Som...

Maḥzorim shared for Sukkot opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

opensiddur.orgSukkot • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the pilgrimage festival of סֻכּוֹת Sukkot. (In some older English translations, Sukkot is referred to as the Festival of “Tabernacles.”) The ...

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opensiddur.orgYom Simḥat Kohen • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַIn the communities of Morocco and Mumbai, the day after Yom Kippur was a holiday for priests known as Yom Simḥat Kohen. The origins of this practice can be found in Mishnah Yoma 7:4, where the high priest makes a festival for his loved ones after successfully completing the Yom Kippur rituals. Looking for something else? For prayers for Yom Kippur, go here. For prayers on Tsom Gedalyah, the day after Rosh haShanah, go here.

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opensiddur.orgסליחות בקצרה לשחרית יום כיפור | Abbreviated Seliḥot Cycle (General Nusaḥ Ashkenaz) for Yom Kippur Shaḥarit • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַTraditional Ashkenazi practice entailed the recitation of a large number of seliḥot piyyutim in every single one of the Yom Kippur 'amidot. In many Ashkenazi communities today, these are (excepting Ma'ariv and Ne'ilah) skipped on account of time. But this has always felt like a great shame to me, because seliḥot are, in a sense, the theological and liturgical core of the Yom Kippur practice. So a while back I made a bunch of spreadsheets to compare all the attested Yom Kippur seliḥot rites as listed in Goldschmidt's maḥzor, and designed an abbreviated cycle of seliḥot for Shaḥarit, Musaf, and Minḥah. Each cycle features two regular seliḥot, one 'aqedah (a retelling of the binding of Isaac), and one pizmon (a final seliḥah with a repeated refrain, sung communally), for a total of four seliḥot and five repetitions of the thirteen attributes. This is the first result of this process, for Shaḥarit. Musaf and Minḥah selections will arrive eventually, albeit probably not this year.

20 Sept

סליחות בקצרה לשחרית יום כיפור | Abbreviated Seliḥot Cycle (General Nusaḥ Ashkenaz) for Yom Kippur Shaḥarit opensiddur.org?p=69291 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgMaḥzorim for Yom haKippurim • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of digital scans of maḥzorim (festival prayer books) for Yom ha-Kippurim that have entered the Public Domain, and of maḥzorim under copyright that have been contributed with Open Co...

20 Sept

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opensiddur.orgתפילה ליום הכיפורים | Prayer for Yom Kippur by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is a prayer for Yom Kippur. It started out as a meditation on Yizkor, hence the אל מלא רחמים form at the beginning. It quickly changed to a prayer for insight and change and the possiblity of tsh...

תפילה ליום הכיפורים | Prayer for Yom Kippur by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen opensiddur.org?p=69282

opensiddur.orgאֵֽדְעָה כִּי אֵין זוּלָֽתְךָ | Ad'ah ki éin zulatkha — the zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Teshuvah (minhag Polin) by Menaḥem ben Makhir • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Shuva, minhag Polin, by the great payṭan Menaḥem ben Rabbi Makhir.

אֵֽדְעָה כִּי אֵין זוּלָֽתְךָ | Ad’ah ki éin zulatkha — the zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Teshuvah (minhag Polin) by Menaḥem ben Makhir opensiddur.org?p=69263 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgהַאֲזִינוּ אַבִּירִים | Ha'azinu Abirim — the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Shuvah, minhag Polin, by Menaḥem ben Makhir • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Shuva, minhag Polin, by the great payṭan Menaḥem ben Rabbi Makhir. A half-acrostic, each stanza begins with a word from parashat Ha'azinu, usually read on Shabbat Shuva, an...

הַאֲזִינוּ אַבִּירִים | Ha’azinu Abirim — the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Shuvah, minhag Polin, by Menaḥem ben Makhir opensiddur.org?p=69255 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.orgאֲשַׁחֵר אֶל אֵל | Ashaḥer el El — the yotser for Shabbat Shuva, minhag Polin by Menaḥem ben Makhir • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe yotser for Shabbat Shuva, minhag Polin, by the great payṭan Menaḥem ben Rabbi Makhir. Each line ends with a verse from either Hosea or Joel, the two books from which Ashkenazim read as the haftara...

אֲשַׁחֵר אֶל אֵל | Ashaḥer el El — the yotser for Shabbat Shuva, minhag Polin by Menaḥem ben Makhir opensiddur.org?p=69243 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.org📃 נִסְתָּרוֹת רֶבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי | Nistarot (Secrets of) Rebbi Shimōn ben Yoḥai (ca. 8th c.) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThe Secrets of Rebbi Shimōn ben Yoḥai is a pseudepigraphal record of the divine visions of the second-century rabbi, Shimon ben Yoḥai. Scholarly opinion about the date of its composition is divided. Adolf Jellinek thought it was likely authored during the time of the Crusades, while Heinrich Graetz thought it was likely composed in the mid-8th century. The visions described in the secrets portrays the Yishmaelites being led by a violent saviour of the Jews from the hegemony of the Byzantine Empire. It describes the events and rulers of the eighth-century Umayyad Empire, as well as eight-century battles between the Byzantines (known in the text as the Kenites or the Kingdom of Edom) and the Umayyads (known in it as the Kingdom of Yishmael).

📃 נִסְתָּרוֹת רֶבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי | Nistarot (Secrets of) Rebbi Shimōn ben Yoḥai (ca. 8th c.) opensiddur.org?p=69226

opensiddur.org🇺🇸 Constitution & Citizenship Day (September 17) Readings • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of public readings relevant to Constitution & Citizenship Day in the United States, a federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who...

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opensiddur.orgתפילה לתענית | The Six Additional Blessings for a 24-Blessing ‘Amidah for Declared Fast Days, according to Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 57v–62r (1446) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתו...The Italian rite, unique among Jewish rites, has preserved up until very recently the custom recorded in the Talmud, Masekhet Tagnanith, for communally declared fast days. In this rite, sometimes refe...

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תפילה לתענית | The Six Additional Blessings for a 24-Blessing ‘Amidah for Declared Fast Days, according to Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 57v–62r (1446) opensiddur.org?p=69202 (transcribed and translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social)

opensiddur.org💬 Declaration of Interdependence, by Meyer David, Christian Richard, and Will Durant (1944) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַA Declaration of Interdependence co-authored during WW II as part of an interfaith Jewish-Christian response to fascism and "to mitigate racial and religious animosity in America."

💬 Declaration of Interdependence, by Meyer David, Christian Richard, and Will Durant (1944) opensiddur.org?p=35418

opensiddur.org🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַThis is an archive of civic prayers composed for, or relevant to, the International Day of Democracy, commemorated by all UN member states for the sake of promoting and upholding democracy, a fundamental principle outlined under Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. First observed in 2008, the day was ratified through United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/62/7, “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies.” The resolution was introduced after the sixth conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an international organization of national parliaments established in 1889. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other initiatives include advancing gender parity among legislatures, empowering youth participation in politics, and sustainable development. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written for the International Day of Democracy. Looking for something else? For readings on Constitution & Citizenship Day (September 17), go here. For prayers composed for, or relevant to, International Human Rights Day, visit here. For prayers on Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, go here.

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opensiddur.orgKaparōt • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַKaparot is a lovely Ashkenazi Jewish custom when it is aligned with the mitsvah of tsar baalei ḥayyim (not causing unnecessary harm to a living creature). Why invite extra harsh judgement during the A...

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