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January 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
💬 מְגִלַּת לִינְקוֹן | Megillat Lincoln — a Purim Sheni scroll for the 13th of Tevet commemorating the revocation of Ulysses S. Grant’s General Order № 11 (1862, 2020) opensiddur.org?p=31723
💬 מְגִלַּת לִינְקוֹן | Megillat Lincoln — a Purim Sheni scroll for the 13th of Tevet commemorating the revocation of Ulysses S. Grant's General Order № 11 (1862, 2020) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּר...
A megillah for a Purim Sheni commemorating a day of salvation the Jewry of the United States during the Civil War. . . .
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January 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
💬 מְגִלַּת לִינְקוֹן | Megillat Lincoln — a Purim Sheni scroll for the 13th of Tevet commemorating the revocation of Ulysses S. Grant’s General Order № 11 (1862, 2020) opensiddur.org?p=31723
What I Believe | Wie ich die Welt sehe (How I see the World), an essay by Albert Einstein (in English and German, 1930/1934) opensiddur.org?p=46424
What I Believe | Wie ich die Welt sehe (How I see the World), an essay by Albert Einstein (in English and German, 1930/1934) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is Albert Einstein's essay in English, "What I Believe" as published in Forum and Century 84 (October 1930), no. 4, 193–194, set next to his essay in German, "Wie ich die Welt sehe" (How I see th...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
What I Believe | Wie ich die Welt sehe (How I see the World), an essay by Albert Einstein (in English and German, 1930/1934) opensiddur.org?p=46424
Resources shared for 🌐 Gregorian New Year’s Day (January 1st) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
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This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, New Year’s Day in the Gregorian calendar (a/k/a the Kalends of January, or January 1st). Rabbinic lore (Yerushalmi Avodah Zarah 1:2 39c, and...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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This is an archive of prayers composed for (or relevant to) עֲשָׂרָה בְּטֵבֵת (Asarah b’Tevet, the 10th of the month of Tevet), a fast day in rabbinic Judaism observed from before dawn to nightfall. T...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Invocation at the Republican National Convention by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (9 July 1952) opensiddur.org?p=65255
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This is the full invocation offered by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 July 1952, as reported in an otherwise unidentified newspaper clipping ...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Invocation at the Republican National Convention by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (9 July 1952) opensiddur.org?p=65255
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Benediction at the Dedication of a Synagogue in the Tri-Faith Chapels Plaza of JFK Airport by Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz (18 December 1966) opensiddur.org?p=65240
Benediction at the Dedication of a Synagogue in the Tri-Faith Chapels Plaza of JFK Airport by Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz (18 December 1966) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz's benediction at the dedication of a "Tri-Faith Chapel Plaza" at JFK Airport terminal in Jamaica-Queens, New York on 18 December 1966, representing the New York Board o...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Benediction at the Dedication of a Synagogue in the Tri-Faith Chapels Plaza of JFK Airport by Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz (18 December 1966) opensiddur.org?p=65240
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This is an archive of prayers composed for (or relevant to) יוֹם מְתֻרְגְּמָן (Yom Meturgeman), commemorating the translation of the Tanakh into Greek on Shemini b’Tevet, the 8th of the month of Tevet...
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December 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. William Channing Gannett, 1911) opensiddur.org?p=65194
יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. William Channing Gannett, 1911) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is Rev. William Channing Gannett's rhymed English translation of Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan's "Yigdal" made at the request of Rabbi Max Landsberg and published in Gannett's Unity hymns and chorals (1911), pp. 2-3. . . .
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December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. William Channing Gannett, 1911) opensiddur.org?p=65194
Prayer at the Dedication of the Home for the Aged and Infirm by the I.O.B.B. District Grand Lodge №1 by Rabbi Henry Samuel Jacobs (28 June 1882) opensiddur.org?p=65183
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This prayer by Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs was offered at the Dedication of the Home for the Aged and Infirm by the District Grand Lodge No. 1 Independent Order of B'né B'rith on 28 June 1882 and published ...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Prayer at the Dedication of the Home for the Aged and Infirm by the I.O.B.B. District Grand Lodge №1 by Rabbi Henry Samuel Jacobs (28 June 1882) opensiddur.org?p=65183
Prayer at the 25th Anniversary of the I.O.B.B. Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York by Rabbi Dr. Henry Samuel Jacobs (16 December 1888) opensiddur.org?p=65175
Prayer at the 25th Anniversary of the I.O.B.B. Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York by Rabbi Dr. Henry Samuel Jacobs (16 December 1888) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This prayer by Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs was offered at the 25th anniversary of the Independent Order of B’ne B’rith's Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York on 16 December 1888 and published in The Menorah, vol. 6...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Prayer at the 25th Anniversary of the I.O.B.B. Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York by Rabbi Dr. Henry Samuel Jacobs (16 December 1888) opensiddur.org?p=65175
Resources shared for Nittel Nacht opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
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This is an archive of works composed for (or relevant to) Jewish customs for ניטל נאַכט (Nittel Nacht a/k/a Christmas Eve). The Yiddish word “Nittel” for Christmas is likely derived from the medieval ...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. Newton Mann, 1884) opensiddur.org?p=65141
יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. Newton Mann, 1884) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is Rev. Newton Mann's rhymed English translation of Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan's "Yigdal" as first published in Rabbi Max Landsberg's Ritual of Jewish Worship (1884), pp. 13-14. . . .
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December 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
יִגְדַּל (אשכנז) | Yigdal, by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayyan (abridged translation by Rev. Newton Mann, 1884) opensiddur.org?p=65141
📖 (רפורמי) Ritual for Jewish Worship , a prayerbook by Rabbi Max Landsberg (1884) opensiddur.org?p=65150
📖 (רפורמי) Ritual for Jewish Worship , a prayerbook by Rabbi Max Landsberg (1884) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Ritual for Jewish Worship (1884) is an early American Reform movement prayerbook in English translation by Rabbi Max Landsberg. . . .
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December 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
📖 (רפורמי) Ritual for Jewish Worship , a prayerbook by Rabbi Max Landsberg (1884) opensiddur.org?p=65150
Remember, by Emma Lazarus (1866) opensiddur.org?p=65086
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"Remember" by Emma Lazarus was written 20 January 1866 and first published in her chapbook, Poems and Translations (1866). . . .
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December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Remember, by Emma Lazarus (1866) opensiddur.org?p=65086
מָעוֹז צוּר | Schirm und Schutz in Sturm und Graus, a German translation of Maoz Tsur by Leopold Stein (1906) opensiddur.org?p=41065
מָעוֹז צוּר | Schirm und Schutz in Sturm und Graus, a German translation of Maoz Tsur by Leopold Stein (1906) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
A German translation of Maoz Tsur, by the early Reform rabbi Leopold Stein. This singable German translation was cited as an inspiration for Gustav Gottheil and Marcus Jastrow's well-known English edi...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
מָעוֹז צוּר | Schirm und Schutz in Sturm und Graus, a German translation of Maoz Tsur by Leopold Stein (1906) opensiddur.org?p=41065
תפילה לראש חודש טבת ותקופת החורף על חנוכּה | Prayer for the new moon of Tevet on Ḥanukkah occurring on the winter solstice, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org) opensiddur.org?p=10313
תפילה לראש חודש טבת ותקופת החורף על חנוכּה | Prayer for the new moon of Tevet on Ḥanukkah occurring on the winter solstice, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺי...
Here's a first draft of a brief liturgy for last night, for solstice plus Ḥanukkah. Note that this is a kind of eco-liturgy, but it also stands on its own without imposing an ecological overlay. Since...
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December 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
תפילה לראש חודש טבת ותקופת החורף על חנוכּה | Prayer for the new moon of Tevet on Ḥanukkah occurring on the winter solstice, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org) opensiddur.org?p=10313
Resources shared for Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet (טֵבֵת) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet (טֵבֵת) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet, the tenth month in the Jewish calendar. Click here to contribute a public reading you have written or selected f...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Resources shared for Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet (טֵבֵת) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
Resources shared for Ḥag haBanot (Eid el Benat) Readings opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
Ḥag haBanot (Eid el Benat) Readings • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This is an archive of special readings prepared for the חג הבנות | Ḥag haBanot (عيد البنات | עיד אלבנאת | Eid el Benat), for the days on which Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet coincide with Ḥanukkah. As Dr. Lori Lef...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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יוֹם יוֹם אֶפְתַּח פִּי | Yom Yom Eftaḥ Pi — a piyyuṭ before Nishmat (of Shaḥarit) of Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65066
יוֹם יוֹם אֶפְתַּח פִּי | Yom Yom Eftaḥ Pi — a piyyuṭ before Nishmat (of Shaḥarit) of Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Yom Yom Eftaḥ Pi — a piyyuṭ intended to be sung before Nishmat (of Shaḥarit) of Shabbat Ḥanukkah — was written by the great Moroccan paytan Yaaqov ibn Tsur (1673–1753) of Fez. It was first put to prin...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
יוֹם יוֹם אֶפְתַּח פִּי | Yom Yom Eftaḥ Pi — a piyyuṭ before Nishmat (of Shaḥarit) of Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65066
יְדִידֶֽיךָ אַל יְלִידֵי אִישׁ תָּם | Yedidekha El Yelidei Ish Tam — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Megillat Antiokhus reading) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65061
יְדִידֶֽיךָ אַל יְלִידֵי אִישׁ תָּם | Yedidekha El Yelidei Ish Tam — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Megillat Antiokhus reading) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Yedidekha El Yelidei Ish Tam — a piyyuṭ intended to be sung before Qaddish (after the Torah Reading) of Shabbat Ḥanukkah — was written by the great Moroccan paytan Yaaqov ibn Tsur (1673–1753) of Fez. It was first put to print in the Sefer ‘Et l-Kol Ḥefetz, printed by ibn Tsur's descendants in 1893 in Alexandria. . . .
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December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
יְדִידֶֽיךָ אַל יְלִידֵי אִישׁ תָּם | Yedidekha El Yelidei Ish Tam — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Megillat Antiokhus reading) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65061
יְוָנִים צוּר בְּאַף | Yevanim Tsur b-Af — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Amidah) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65058
יְוָנִים צוּר בְּאַף | Yevanim Tsur b-Af — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Amidah) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Yevanim Tsur B-Af — a piyyuṭ intended to be sung before Qaddish (after the Amidah) in the Shaḥarit of Shabbat Ḥanukkah — was written by the great Moroccan paytan Yaaqov ibn Tsur (1673–1753) of Fez. It was first put to print in the Sefer ‘Et l-Kol Ḥefetz, printed by ibn Tsur's descendants in 1893 in Alexandria. . . .
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December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
יְוָנִים צוּר בְּאַף | Yevanim Tsur b-Af — a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after the Amidah) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65058
אָשִׁיר בִּזְמִירִים | Ashir BiZmirim, a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after Yishtabaḥ) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65052
אָשִׁיר בִּזְמִירִים | Ashir BiZmirim, a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after Yishtabaḥ) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Ashir BiZmirim — a piyyuṭ intended to be sung before Qaddish (after Yishtabaḥ) in the Shaḥarit of Shabbat Ḥanukkah — was written by the great Moroccan paytan Yaaqov ibn Tsur (1673–1753) of Fez. It was...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
אָשִׁיר בִּזְמִירִים | Ashir BiZmirim, a piyyuṭ before Qaddish (after Yishtabaḥ) on Shabbat Ḥanukkah by Yaaqov ibn Tsur opensiddur.org?p=65052
A Prayer for the Shabbat After Bondi Beach, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor opensiddur.org?p=65048
A Prayer for the Shabbat After Bondi Beach, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
"A Prayer for the Shabbat After Bondi Beach" by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was offered via Open Siddur Project's discussion group on Facebook, 19 December 2025, in response to the Bondi Beach shootings i...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A Prayer for the Shabbat After Bondi Beach, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor opensiddur.org?p=65048