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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.)

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Gebet beim Eingange des Sabbath, vor dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag Nachts | Prayer Before Lighting the Sabbath Lamp, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 16 Dec 2021 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“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. . . .


Gebet beim Eintritt in das Gotteshaus | Prayer on Entering the House of God, by Dr. Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 03 Jan 2022 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Emily Kesselman (art & transcription) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“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 printings, it appears on p. 1. The English translation here was made by Miriam Werheimer and for unknown reasons misattributed to Wolfgang Wessely in Devotional exercises for the use of Jewish women, on public and domestic occasions (1852). –Aharon Varady . . .


Gebet einer Handelsfrau | Prayer for a merchant woman, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

Contributed on: 23 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Handelsfrau (Prayer for a merchant woman)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №40 on p. 129-132 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows that of Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on p. 110-112. . . .


Gebet einer Mutter am Hochzeitstage ihrer Tochter | Prayer of a mother on the wedding day of her daughter, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 02 Jan 2023 by Lise Tarlau | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Mutter am Hochzeitstage ihrer Tochter” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 441-444. . . .


Gebet einer Mutter, deren Kind in der Fremde ist | Prayer of a mother whose child is in a foreign land, a teḥinah by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 24 Feb 2022 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Mutter, deren Kind in der Fremde ist” by Fanny Neuda was first published in her collection of teḥinot, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), p. 90. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 114-116. . . .


Gebet einer Mutter deren Sohn in Militär⸗Diensten steht | Prayer of a mother whose son is in military service, a teḥinah by Max Emanuel Stern (1841)

Contributed on: 07 Feb 2022 by Menaḥem Mendel Stern | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Mutter deren Sohn in Militär⸗Diensten steht” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in Die fromme Zionstochter (1841), pp. 159-161. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 178-179. . . .


Gebet einer Mutter, deren Sohn In Militärdiensten stehet | Prayer of a mother whose son is in military service, a teḥinah by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 23 Feb 2022 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Mutter, deren Sohn In Militärdiensten stehet” by Fanny Neuda was first published in her collection of teḥinot, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), pp. 91-92. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 116-117. . . .


Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen | Prayer of a pregnant woman on Hoshana Rabbah after saying the blessing over the etrog fruit, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1852)

Contributed on: 16 Dec 2021 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen.” was translated/adapted by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (2nd edition, 1852), pp. 41-42. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer for a woman who is about to become a mother, after the benediction of the citron” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 52-54. . . .


Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin | Prayer of an unhappy wife, a teḥinah by Max Emanuel Stern (1841)

Contributed on: 20 Feb 2022 by Menaḥem Mendel Stern | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in Die fromme Zionstochter (1841), pp. 124-127. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 127-129. . . .


Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin | Prayer of an unhappy wife, a teḥinah by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 22 Feb 2022 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer unglücklichen Ehegattin” by Fanny Neuda was first published in her collection of teḥinot, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), pp. 92-93. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 118-120. . . .


Gebet eines jungen Mädchens am Neujahrsfeste | Prayer of a young girl on Rosh haShanah, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 05 Jan 2023 by Lise Tarlau | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet eines jungen Mädchens am Neujahrsfeste” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 126-128. . . .


Gebet eines Waisenkindes | Prayer of an Orphan, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 02 Jan 2023 by Lise Tarlau | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet eines Waisenkindes” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), page 530. . . .


Gebet für alle Buß- und Fasttage | Prayer on Every Penitential and Fast Day, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 14 Dec 2021 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“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. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the Sovereign (Kaiser Ferdinand Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Max Emanuel Stern (1841)

Contributed on: 05 Feb 2022 by Menaḥem Mendel Stern | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” was written by Max Emanuel Stern and published in his anthology of teḥinot Die fromme Zionstochter: Andachtsbuch für Israels Frauen und Mädchen… (1841), pp. 32-35. In its 1846 printing, the prayer is found on pp. 34-36. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the sovereign (Emperor Franz Joseph Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Abraham Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 23 Feb 2022 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Abraham Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” by Abraham Neuda was first published in the collection of teḥinot otherwise authored by his wife, Fanny Schmiedl Neuda, Stunden der Andacht. ein Gebet⸗ und Erbauungs-buch für Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen (1855), pp. 22-23. In the 1864 Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 28-29. . . .


Gebet für den Landesfürsten | Prayer for the Sovereign (Kaiser Ferdinand Ⅰ), a teḥinah by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 05 Feb 2022 by Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet für den Landesfürsten” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 22-23. In the Judeo-German edition, it is found on p. 25. . . .


הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Gebet für den Regenten | Prayer for the Regent (Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ, King of Prussia), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1833)

Contributed on: 28 Jan 2022 by Yehoshua Heshil Miro | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet für den Regenten” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro from the traditional prayer for the sovereign (“Hanoten Teshua”) and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1833 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion on pp. 66-67. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №45 on pp. 75-76. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №47 on pp. 78-79, with the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ (1770-1840) replaced by Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅳ (1795-1861). The Hebrew liturgy from which Miro’s translation was derived was reconstructed from variations of Hanoten Teshua current in the 19th century at the time this prayer was published. . . .


[Gebet] für den Regenten | Prayer for the Regent (Kaiser Franz Ⅰ, emperor of Austria), a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

Contributed on: 28 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“[Gebet] Für den Regenten (Prayer for the Regent)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №11 on pp. 31-32 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №11 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 27-29. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №9 on p. 14-15. . . .


Gebet einer Shwangern | Prayer of a pregnant woman, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet einer Shwangern (Prayer for a pregnant woman)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №60 on pp. 172-173 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №60 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 147-148. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №61 on p. 146-147. . . .


Gebet für die Tage der Tempelweihe (חֲנוּכָּה) | Prayer for the Days of the Dedication of the Temple (Ḥanukkah), by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 21 Dec 2022 by Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

This is the “Gebet für die Tage der Tempelweihe” as found in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer, an anthology of teḥinot in German by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846). There, the prayer can be found on page 130. In the 1848 Judeo-German (vaybertaytsh/mashkit) edition, the prayer can be found on page 110. . . .


Gebet für Eltern | Prayer for Parents, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 09 Jun 2020 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Moritz Mayer (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

A supplicatory prayer on behalf of parents by their child. . . .


Gebet im Judentum | Prayer in Judaism, by Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (1935)

Contributed on: 24 Feb 2024 by Leo Baeck | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) |

Rabbi Leo Baeck’s essay on prayer “Gebet im Judentum,” was published in the “Judentum und Gebet” issue of Bne Briss (September/October 1935), top of page 82. . . .


Gebet im Monate Elul | Prayer for the Month of Elul, by Fanny Schmiedl Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 18 Aug 2017 by Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Wikisource Contributors (transcription) | Moritz Mayer (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

This is the prayer for the month of Elul included by Fanny Schmiedl Neuda in her collection of teḥinot in vernacular German. Fanny Neuda likely either composed or translated this teḥinah into German (from Yiddish) while performing in the capacity of firzogerin (precentress) of the weibershul (women’s gallery) in her husband’s synagogue in Loštice, Bohemia. The English translation provided here was lightly adapted from Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s 1866 translation. . . .


[Gebet] in den letzten Monaten der Schwangerschaft | Prayer in the last months of pregnancy, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“[Gebet] In den letzten Monaten der Schwangerschaft (Prayer in the last months of pregnancy)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №61 on pp. 173-175 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №61 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 148-150. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №62 on p. 147-149. . . .


Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit | Prayer in times of melancholy and dejection, a teḥinah by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 21 Feb 2022 by Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 95-96. In the Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 80-81. . . .


[Gebet] nach der Entbindung | Prayer after the childbirth, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“[Gebet] Nach der Entbindung (Prayer after the childbirth)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №62 on pp. 175-177 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №62 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 150-151. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №63 on p. 149-150. . . .


[Gebet] Vor der Entbindung | [Prayer] Before the Childbirth, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Contributed on: 03 Feb 2020 by Julia Watts Belser (translation) | Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth in the 19th century. . . .


Gebet während des Priestersegens (Ribbaunau schel aulom) | Prayer during the priestly blessing, by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 04 Jan 2023 by Lise Tarlau | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

This paraliturgical prayer-poem, “Gebet während des Priestersegens (Ribbaunau schel aulom)” by Lise Tarlau, can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 318-319. . . .


Gebet wenn Seuchen oder epidemische Krankheiten herrsche | Prayer When Epidemic Diseases Prevail, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 14 Dec 2021 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“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. . . .


📖 Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion, an anthology of teḥinot in German by Pereẓ Beer (1815, 1839, 1843)

Contributed on: 23 Jan 2022 by Pereẓ (Peter) Beer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The first anthology of teḥinot published in Judeo-German rather than Yiddish. . . .


📖 תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן | Techinôs Benôs Jeschurun ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer, an anthology of teḥinot in German by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributed on: 29 Jan 2022 by Ohad Stolarz (transcription) | Wolf Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The second anthology of teḥinot published in Judeo-German rather than Yiddish. . . .


Geschem, a prayer for rain in the onset of winter by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributed on: 01 Jan 2023 by Lise Tarlau | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Geschem” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 363-365. . . .


গীতাঞ্জলি | גִּיטַאנְיַ׳אלִי (קרבן־זמרה)‏ | Gitanjali (Song-offerings), by Rabindranath Tagore (1912); translated into Hebrew by David Frischmann (1922)

Contributed on: 29 Apr 2019 by the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) | David Frischmann (translation) | Rabindranath Tagore | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The Nobel prize winning collection of “song-offerings” or Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore, in Bengali and English, translated to Hebrew by David Frischmann. . . .


“Give me peace of soul” a prayer for self-control by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy (1927)

Contributed on: 19 Apr 2023 by Clifton Harby Levy | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

This untitled prayer by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy accompanied his self-reflection, “Peace within” found in The Helpful Manual (Centre of Jewish Science, 1927), pp. 17-18. . . .


The Global Pledge of Allegiance, by Edna A. Maisner-Reitz (1988)

Contributed on: 10 Nov 2023 by Edna A. Maisner-Reitz | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

This “Global Pledge of Allegiance” by Edna A. Meisner-Reitz was first published in The Quest, vol. 2, issue 4, Winter 1989 (Theosophical Society of America), back cover. . . .


Glory to God! Whose Outstretched Hand – a hymn for Pesaḥ by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributed on: 04 Nov 2021 by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Penina Moïse | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Glory to God! whose outstretched hand,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Passover (Pasach)” as Hymn 69 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 72-73. . . .


גַּמָּדֵי לָיִל | Gnomes of the Night, a poem by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik (ca. 1894)

Contributed on: 14 Jan 2019 by the Ben Yehuda Project (transcription) | Ben Aronin | Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The poem “Gamodei Layil” (Gnomes of the Night) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, ca. 1894. . . .


גאָט בענטש אַמעריקע | God Bless America, for Armistice Day by Irving Berlin (1918/1938) with Yiddish translation

Contributed on: 10 Nov 2018 by Henry Sapoznik (translation/Yiddish) | Irving Berlin | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The words of the prayer for Armistice Day 1938, “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin, in English and Yiddish. . . .


God Dwells in Light! – a hymn for Ḥanukkah by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

Contributed on: 08 Nov 2021 by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God dwells in light!,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “Feast of Dedication” (i.e. Ḥanukkah) as Hymn 193 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 188-189. . . .


God of My Fathers! Merciful and Just, a hymn on the Immortality of the Soul by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributed on: 12 Oct 2021 by Caroline de Litchfield Harby | Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God of my fathers! merciful and just,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first published in 1842, appears under the subject “Immortality of the Soul” as Hymn 53 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 55. That page is missing in the one copy of the first edition we know to exist. Thankfully, the hymn appears under the same subject as Hymn 39 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), p. 43. . . .


God of the Earth, the Air, the Sea – a hymn for Pesaḥ by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributed on: 04 Nov 2021 by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Penina Moïse | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God of the earth, the air, the sea,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Passover (Pasach)” as Hymn 68 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 71-72. . . .


God Our Light, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1845)

Contributed on: 08 Aug 2017 by Rosa Emma Salaman | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

The poem, “God Our Light” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate 3:8, Marḥeshvan 5606, November 1845, p.379-380. . . .


God our Shepherd and Guardian, an adaptation of Psalms 23 by David Nunes Carvalho (Reformed Society of Israelites, Charleston, South Carolina, 1826)

Contributed on: 08 Oct 2021 by David Nunes Carvalho | Reformed Society of Israelites | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

A hymn provided for opening or concluding the morning service of the Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) ca. 1826. . . .


אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה | God Save the Queen (adapted from the Hebrew translation of Hyman Hurwitz 1831)

Contributed on: 03 Jun 2017 by Hyman Hurwitz | Unknown Author(s) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God Save the Queen” is an adaptation of “God Save the King,” a work by an unknown author, first circulated in three stanzas during the reign of Britain’s King George Ⅱ, circa 1745. This Hebrew translation was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892 “on the 73rd Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” an event attended by then chief rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler​. . . .


אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ | God Save the King (Hebrew translation with an additional stanza by Hyman Hurwitz 1831)

Contributed on: 01 May 2023 by Hyman Hurwitz | Unknown Author(s) | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God Save the King” was originally written by an unknown author and circulated in three stanzas during the reign of Britain’s King George Ⅱ, circa 1745. This Hebrew translation, “El Shemor haMelekh,” as translated by Hyman Hurwitz with an added fourth stanza, was first published in his The Etymology and Syntax of the Hebrew Language (1831), pp. 276-279, during the reign of King William Ⅳ (1765-1837). . . .


God Supreme! To Thee I Pray, a hymn on “Submission to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributed on: 25 Oct 2021 by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Penina Moïse | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God Supreme! to thee I pray,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Submission to the Will of God” as Hymn 32 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 35-36. . . .


God’s Goodness — the Testament of America, a prayer for Thanksgiving Day by Rabbi Milton Steinberg (1945)

Contributed on: 28 May 2019 by Milton Steinberg | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God’s Goodness — the Testament of America” by Rabbi Milton Steinberg appears on pages 559-560 of The Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945) as part of a service for Thanksgiving Day. It is the last of four “testaments,” the other three being the testament of Nature, Man, and Israel, respectively. . . .


God’s Goodness — the Testament of [Am] Yisrael, a prayer for Thanksgiving Day by Rabbi Milton Steinberg (1945)

Contributed on: 28 May 2019 by Milton Steinberg | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God’s Goodness — the Testament of Israel” by Rabbi Milton Steinberg appears on page 558 of The Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945) as part of a service for Thanksgiving Day. It is the last of four “testaments,” the other three being the testament of Nature, Man, and America respectively. . . .


God’s Goodness — the Testament of Man, a prayer for Thanksgiving Day by Rabbi Milton Steinberg (1945)

Contributed on: 28 May 2019 by Milton Steinberg | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God’s Goodness — the Testament of Man” by Rabbi Milton Steinberg appears on pages 556-557 of The Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945) as part of a service for Thanksgiving Day. It is the last of four “testaments,” the other three being the testament of Nature, Israel, and America respectively. . . .


God’s Goodness — the Testament of Nature, a prayer for Thanksgiving Day by Rabbi Milton Steinberg (1945)

Contributed on: 28 May 2019 by Milton Steinberg | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“God’s Goodness — the Testament of Nature” by Rabbi Milton Steinberg appears on pages 553-556 of The Sabbath Prayer Book (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945) as part of a service for Thanksgiving Day. It is the last of four “testaments,” the other three being the testament of Man, Israel, and America respectively. . . .