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The entire poem is 90 verses long. The first 44 verses of Akdamut are arranged as a double alphabetic acrostic, two lines for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, followed by 46 verses with the initial letters spelling out the words, "Meir, son of Rabbi Isaac, may he grow in Torah and in good deeds. Amen. Be strong and have courage."
Modern Hebrew poetry was promoted by the Haskalah movement. The first Haskalah poet, who heavily influenced the later poets, was Naphtali Hirz Wessely at the end of the 18th century. After him came Shalom HaCohen, [2] Other pioneers of modern Hebrew poetry are Max Letteris, Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn and his son Micah Joseph, [2] and Judah Leib ...
Ana BeKoach (Hebrew: אנא בכח , We beg you!With your strength) is a medieval Jewish piyyut (liturgical poem) called by its incipit.This piyyut, the acronym of which is said to be a 42-letter name of God, [note 1] is recited daily by those Jewish communities which include a greatly expanded version of Korbanot in Shacharit and more widely as part of Kabbalat Shabbat.
Chesed (Hebrew: חֶסֶד, also Romanized: Ḥeseḏ) is a Hebrew word that means 'kindness or love between people', specifically of the devotional piety of people towards God as well as of love or mercy of God towards humanity.
El Nora Alila (Hebrew: אֵל נוֹרָא עֲלִילָה), also transliterated as Ayl Nora Alilah, [1] is a piyyut (liturgical poem) that begins the Ne'ilah service at the conclusion of Yom Kippur. The piyyut is recited as part of the Sephardic and Mizrahi liturgy, [2] and has been adopted by some Ashkenazic communities. [3]
Longfellow wrote the poem shortly after completing lectures on German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and was heavily inspired by him. He was also inspired to write it by a heartfelt conversation he had with friend and fellow professor at Harvard University Cornelius Conway Felton; the two had spent an evening "talking of matters, which lie near one's soul:–and how to bear one's self ...
There is a custom to sing Yedid Nefesh between Minchah (afternoon prayer) of Friday and the beginning of Kabbalat Shabbat (literally: receiving or greeting the Sabbath—a collection of psalms usually sung to welcome in the Shabbat queen, as it were, the restful contentment that descends from above during nightfall on Friday). [1]
Psalm 25 is the 25th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.".The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.