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2021 —⟶ Page 10 “Prayer of a Wife for her Husband” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 57. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Exercise for the Anniversary of a Parent’s Decease, (YahrZeit.)” appears on page 138-139 of רֻחָמָה (Ruḥamah): Devotional Exercises for the Use of the Daughters of Israel (1852) edited by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1798–1868) from selections made from the teḥinot anthologies in German of Meir Letteris (1800-1871), Max Emanuel Stern (1811-1873), and Yehoshua Heshil Miro. . . . “Meditation on Immortality” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 43. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, mortality, Paraliturgical yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, יזכור yizkor Contributor(s): “Prayer on the Day of Betrothal” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 55. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., engagement, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer for the Seventh Day of Tabernacles (הושענה רבה)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 37. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer for the Eighth Day of Tabernacles, the Day of Solemn Assembly שמיני עצרת (8th Day of Tabernacles)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 39. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer for the Festival of Rejoicing in the Law שמחת תורה (9th Day of Tabernacles)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 83. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Feast of Tabernacles (סכות)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 35. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Prayer on the Day of Marriage (previous to the Nuptial Ceremony), by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)“Prayer on the Day of Marriage, previous to the Nuptial Ceremony” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 56. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer for the Feast of Purim (פורים)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 46-48. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Freedom, Jewish Women's Prayers, liberty, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Thoughts on petitionary prayer literature (teḥinot) and Jewish women’s prayer literature in the mid-19th century United States of America. . . . This is the anthology of teḥinot, Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), translated by Miriam Wertheimer from Taḥnunei bat Yehudah (1846) by Meïr Letteris. On the title page and the preface, the author of the work translated by Wertheimer was somehow misidentified as Wolfgang Wessely. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Jewry, English Translation, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Gebet beim Eintritt in das Gotteshaus” was written by Meir Letteris and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תחנוני בת יהודה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah) Andachtsbuch für israelitische Frauenzimmer…. In the 1846 and 1857 printings, it appears on p. 1. . . . “Gebet einer Frau, wenn Seuchen oder epidemische Krankheiten herrschen” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 110-112. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer when epidemic diseases prevail” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 70-71. The sad inspiration for this prayer was likely the 1846-1860 Cholera Pandemic. . . . Categories: Tags: 1846-1860 Cholera Pandemic, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Jewry, English vernacular prayer, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Gebet für alle Buß- und Fasttage” was translated/adapted by Meïr haLevi Letteris and first published in Hebrew and Judeo-German in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846 Judeo-German edition), pp. 93-94. In the 1857 edition, it can be found on pp.107-108. In 1852, the prayer was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer said on every penitential and fast day” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 71-72. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, paraliturgical el melekh yoshev, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Gebet beim Abscheiden des Teiges” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), p. 86. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Domestic prayer on dividing the dough” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 51-52. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., baking ḥallah, English Jewry, English vernacular prayer, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, חלה challah ḥallah, Jewish Women's Prayers, taking dough, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Gebet an einem Fasttage. תַּעֲנִית צִבּוּר” was written by Meir Letteris and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תחנוני בת יהודה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah) Andachtsbuch für israelitische Frauenzimmer…. In the 1846 printing, it appears on pp. 25-26. The translation here by Miriam Wertheimer, “Prayer for a Fast-Day” is as published in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 19-21. . . . “Gebet beim Eingange des Sabbath, vor dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag Nachts” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 87-88. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer before lighting the Sabbath lamp” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 52-54. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Jewry, English vernacular prayer, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, kindling, lamp lighting, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): This is the anthology of teḥinot in in German compiled by Meir haLevi Letteris, תחנוני בת יהודה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah) Andachtsbuch für israelitische Frauenzimmer zur öffentlichen und häuslichen Erbauung in allen Berhältnissen des Lebens als Jungfrau, Brant, Gattin und Mutter, originally published in 1846. . . . “We bring not to our holy shrine,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Pentecost (Shabbungote)” as Hymn 71 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 74-75. . . . | ||
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