Gebete einer Frau wenn ihr Kind zur Beschneidung getragen wird | Prayer of a woman when her child is carried for circumcision, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

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Source (German)	Translation (English)
Gebete einer Frau wenn ihr Kind zur Beschneidung getragen wird.	Prayer of a woman when her child is carried for circumcision
Gott! Heiliger Israels! Mit dankerfülltem Herzen nähere ich mich dir, Du hast mir beigestanden, und mir durch die grenzenlosen Mütterfreuden, die Schmerzen der Geburt tausendfach wieder ersetzt.	God! Holy One of Israel! With a grateful heart I approach you, you have stood by me, and through the boundless joys of motherhood, you have replaced the pains of childbirth a thousandfold.
Nun himmlischer Vater! würdigest Du mich auch diesem geliebte(m) Kind in deinem heiligen Bund, den du mit unseren Urvater Abraham (e’h) geschlossen hast, aufzunehmen, und es mit dem Merkmale eines gottgeweihten Frommen Israeliten beschneiden zu lassen.	Now, Heavenly Father, do You dignify me to receive this beloved child into Your holy covenant that You made with our forefather Abraham (e’h), and to circumcise him with the characteristics of a consecrated devout Israelite.
Oh Allgnädiger! Wie unendlich dank ich dir für diese Wohltaten! Lass doch stets deine Gnade über dieses geliebte Kind walten; lass es in Gottesfurcht und in Tugend aufwachsen; erleuchte seinen Geist, dass es die Heiligkeit und die Reinheit der Religion zu würdigen wisse, dass es frei von Aberglauben und entfernt von Unglauben, sich stets freue ein Mitglied der Gläubigen Gesellschaft zu sein, in der er heute eingeweiht wird.	O Merciful One! How infinitely I thank you for these benefits! Let your mercy always be upon this beloved child; let him grow in reverence of God and in virtue; enlighten his mind that he may appreciate holiness and the purity of religion, that he may be free from superstition and removed from unbelief, and that he may always rejoice to be a member of the society of believers to which he is being initiated today.
Stärke sein Herz, dass es mit gleicher Kraft der Verführung und der Sinnlichkeit, sowie auch der Macht falscher Grundsätze widerstehen könne, auf dass sich freuen mögen Vater und Mutter, und Freude erleben die ihn erzogen haben (Mischlej 20,3, 20,5). Amen.	Strengthen his heart to resist with equal power seduction and sensuality, as well as the power of false principles, so that his father and mother may rejoice and experience the joy of those who brought him up (Proverbs 20:3-5). Amen.

“Gebete einer Frau wenn ihr Kind zur Beschneidung getragen wird” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Gebethbuch für gebildete israelitisch Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 124-125.

Chajm Guski prepared a transcription/conversion into Latin script of the original German set in Hebrew script and vaybertaytsh/mashket type. No changes were made to the German itself (to modernize the language or style). This transcription provided machine-readable text for a machine translation by DeepL, which I then proofread for accuracy. We welcome corrections and improvements. –Aharon Varady

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Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot Naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes for the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Chajm Guski (German translation)

Chajm ist Autor und Bewohner des Ruhrgebiets, Herausgeber von talmud.de und Organisator des Minchah-Schiurs im Ruhrgebiet. Einige seiner Artikel gibt es nicht nur im Internet, sondern beispielsweise auch in der »Jüdischen Allgemeinen«. Über die Kontakt-Seite kann man Chajm eine Nachricht senden.

Wolf Mayer

Zev Wolf ben Ḥayyim Mayer (or Maier, 1778-1850) was a Jewish educator, maskil, poet and author. The following was adapted from his obituary; "The talents that were already evident in his boyhood were the reason why Wolf Mayer was destined for a scientific career. At the age of thirteen he was one of the most distinguished in Talmud study. In his youth he came to Prague, where Rabbi Ezekiel Landau was the last chief rabbi in Bohemia and enjoyed his instruction. Under Landau's guidance, Mayer made excellent progress, but since he belonged to the Progress Party and made no secret of his liberal way of thinking, he was repeatedly attacked by the Zealot Party. Subsequently, in order to obtain a marriage license, he applied for the position of an extraordinary teacher of the Hebrew language at the Prague secondary school, which he received. For forty years he held this teaching post at the secondary school at which Pereẓ (Peter) Beer and Simon Gunz were his colleagues. Mayer was also active as a writer and as a Hebrew poet he had an important reputation. He also published numerous poems and various articles in Hebrew journals. Mayer was a well-known and popular personality in Jewish circles in Prague at the time. Several years before his death he suffered a stroke, was deprived of the use of all his senses, and became completely paralyzed. However, he retained his mental vigor to the last moment. A new, serious misfortune befell him when, three years before his death, his only daughter, the nurse and guardian of his ailing body, died, and he was left in dreadful misery."

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