A Bedtime Prayer at Night, by Dinah Julia Levi (1900)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Dinah Julia Emanuel Levi

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Bedtime Shema

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19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English

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	“I laid me down and slept; I awaked: for the Lord sustained me.” (Psalms 3:5)
	The close of another day is at hand, and I, Thy loving child, approach Thee, Father, in thankfulness and praise.
	I feel Thou hast been near to me during the passing hours, and thank Thee for Thy loving care; and now, Heavenly Father, in the darkness of the night when I lay me down to rest, in grateful humility I pray Thee to extend Thy blessing over this household, and grant that the night may be passed in restfulness and security, knowing Thy watchful care surrounds us.
	Permit us to awake the coming morn refreshed in mind and body, with strength and health renewed, prepared to undertake our duties in life with gladsome hearts and willing hands.
	Father, I rest secure, for Thou art with me. Amen.

This untitled “evening mediation,” a bedtime prayer, was written by Dinah Julia Levi née Emanuel and included by her daughter, Annie Josephine Levi, in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 74-75.

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, 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 translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Dinah Julia Emanuel Levi

Dinah Julia Levi (also: 'Di J.', 1839-1924) originally from Linwood, Pennsylvania, was the daughter of Dr. Manley Emanuel, and the wife of the lawyer Joseph C. Levi. In 1869, she sang at the consecration of Congregation Shaarei Tefilah in Manhattan. Two of her personal prayers, upon arising and before sleep, were included in an anthology of private private prayer arranged by her daughter, Annie Josephine in 1900, Meditations of the Heart.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17