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Anim Zemirot (Hebrew: אנעים זמירות, lit."I shall sweeten songs" [citation needed]) IPA: [ʔanˈʕiːm zǝmiːˈroːθ] is a Jewish liturgical poem recited in most Ashkenazic synagogues during Shabbat and holiday morning services; in most communities, it is said at the end of services, and in a small number of communities it is recited at the beginning of services or before the Torah ...
Pesukei dezimra (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פְּסוּקֵי דְּזִמְרָא, romanized: pǝsuqe ḏǝzimrāʾ "Verses of praise"; Rabbinic Hebrew: פַּסוּקֵי הַזְּמִירוֹת pasûqê hazzǝmîrôṯ "Verses of songs), or zemirot as they are called in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, are a group of prayers that may be recited during Shacharit (the morning set of ...
For example, the song begins with the heavens who say, "the heavens speak of the glory of God, and of His handiwork the skies tell." ( Psalms 19:2 ) Others describe some characteristic or activity of the speaker, e.g., the book ends with the dogs who say "come, let us prostrate and bend our knees, and kneel before God our maker" ( Psalms 95:6 ).
Najara's best-known work, this piyyut was written in Aramaic, and the first letters of the verses form the author's name ISRAEL by acrostic.An example of the strophic model known in Arabic as muwashshah, the piyyut is composed of equal metrical units and the refrain "Yah, lord for ever and ever/O King, you are king of kings" is repeated after every verse. [6]
The Tz'enah Ur'enah (Hebrew: צְאֶנָה וּרְאֶינָה Ṣʼenā urʼenā "Go forth and see"; Yiddish pronunciation: [ˌʦɛnəˈʁɛnə]; Hebrew pronunciation: [ʦeˈʔena uʁˈʔena]), also spelt Tsene-rene and Tseno Ureno, sometimes called the Women's Bible, is a Yiddish-language prose work whose structure parallels the weekly Torah portions and Haftarahs used in Jewish prayer ...
Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּר, romanized: Māʾōz Ṣūr) is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a name or epithet for God in Judaism. It ...
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel (Shabbat v'shel) Yom Tov. The English translation is: "Blessed are You, our God, Ruler of the ...
According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez (Genesis 38:30).This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:3.