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tefillah ritualfeatured in 12 works

Piyutim (Liturgical Poems Inserted in Tefillah)

Yannai, the Kalir, and the medieval poets — what the chazzan adds and which communities skip.

Yannai, the Kalir, and the medieval poets — what the chazzan adds and which communities skip.

How it traveled

  1. Akdamut Milin
    Worms (Rhineland) · 1100
    foundational
  2. Sefer Chasidim
    Regensburg · 1175
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  3. Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
    Tzfat · 1565
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  4. Bach
    Krakow (Cracow) · 1631
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  5. Turei Zahav on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
    Lviv (Lemberg) · 1646
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  6. Magen Avraham
    Kalisz · 1665
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  7. Eliyah Rabbah on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
    Prague · 1712
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  8. Ba'er Hetev on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
    Prague · 1742
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  9. Chayyei Adam
    Vilna (Vilnius) · 1810
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  10. Arukh HaShulchan
    Novardok (Novogrudok) · 1884
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  11. Mishnah Berurah
    Radin · 1907
    attested_hebrew_phrase
  12. Tosefta Kifshutah on Yoma
    Jerusalem · 1949
    attested_hebrew_phrase

Key passages(20)

Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

אַקְדָּמוּת מִלִּין וְשָׁרָיוּת שׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

הֲקֵים עָלְמָא יְחִידָאי וְכַבְּשֵׁהּ בְּכַבְּשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

וּבְלָא לֵאוּ שַׁכְלְלֵהּ וּבְלָא תְשָׁשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

וּבְאָתָא קַלִּילָא דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ מְשָׁשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

זְמִין כָּל עִיבִידְתֵּהּ בְּהַךְ יוֹמֵי שִׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

זְהוֹר יְקָרֵהּ עַלִּי עֲלֵי כָרְסְיֵהּ דֶּאֶשָּׁתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

חֲיָל אֶלֶף אַלְפִין וְרִבּוֹא לְשַׁמְשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

חַדְתִּין נְבוֹט לְצַפְרִין סַגִּיאָה טְרָשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

טְפֵי יְקִידִין שְׂרָפִין כְּלוֹל גַפֵּי שִׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

טְעֵם עַד יִתְיְהֵב לְהוֹן שְׁתִיקִין בְּאָדִישְׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

יְקַבְּלוּן דֵּין מִדֵּין שָׁוֵי דְּלָא בְשַׁשְׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

אַוְלָא שָׁקֵלְנָא הַרְמָן וּרְשׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

יְקַר מְלֵי כָל אַרְעָא לְתַלּוֹתֵי קְדוּשְׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

כְּקָל מִן קֳדָם שַׁדַּי כְּקָל מֵי נְפִישׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

כְּרוּבִין קֳבֵל גִּלְגְּלִין מְרוֹמְמִין בְּאַוְשָׁתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

לְמֶחֱזֵא בְּאַנְפָּא עֵין כְּוָת גִּירֵי קַשְׁתָּא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

לְכָל אֲתַר דְּמִשְׁתַּלְּחִין זְרִיזִין בְּאַשְׁוָתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

מְבָרְכִין בְּרִיךְ יְקָרֵהּ בְּכָל לְשַׁן לְחִישׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

מֵאֲתַר בֵּית שְׁכִינְתֵּהּ דְלָא צְרִיךְ בְּחִישׁוּתָא

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Akdamut Milin · Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms · 1010 CE

Very high

נְהֵם כָּל חֵיל מְרוֹמָא מְקַלְּסִין בַּחֲשַׁשְׁתָּא

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