A prayer for Kabbalat Shabbat, reflecting on the creator of creation. . . .

A paraliturgical prayer for cultivating humility modeled after the morning prayer, Ribon haOlamim. . . .

A prayer on behalf of a friend or relative on their travels. . . .

A prayer offered by a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .

A prayer on Erev Shabbat upon lighting the Shabbes Candles, in French with English translation. . . .

A prayer for children after school. . . .

A prayer of gratitude after a dangerous and distressing situation is resolved for the good. . . .

A blessing given by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .

A prayer for travel. . . .

A prayer for parnassah (livelihood) for someone impoverished or in danger of poverty. . . .

A preliminary prayer offered by a Bar or Bat Mitsvah before they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .

A child’s prayer for someone suffering from an illness. . . .

A prayer in severe distress. . . .

A prayer during an event of immanent communal danger and distress. . . .

This is a paraliturgical prayer for rain during the wet season, read during the festival of Sukkot, following in the tradition of Yiddish tkhines, albeit written in French. The prayer was included by Rabbi Arnaud Aron and Jonas Ennery in their opus, אמרי לב Prières d’un Coeur Israelite (first edition) published in 1848 by the Société Consistoriale de Bons Livres. . . .

This is a transcription, vocalization, and translation of a manuscript of a prayer for peace in Europe held in the collection of the Columbia University Library. The prayer is undated but the language of the prayer and the use of Italian indicate to me that this was a prayer made by an Italian Jewish community during either the first Italian War of Independence 1848-9, or one of the two succeeding wars in 1860 and 1870. . . .

A collection of paraliturgical prayers and teḥinot, edited by the chief rabbi of Strasbourg and translated into French by Jonas Ennery, as a supplement to the Jewish liturgy of the synagogue. . . .

A paraliturgical Mah Tovu, in French with English translation. . . .

“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. . . .

“O Tag des Herrn!” is a paraliturgical Kol Nidrei by Leopold Stein. All the translations I’ve found from the 19th or early 20th century were produced for use in choirs and try to emulate the rhymed structure in the Stein’s German. So here is a straight translation I’ve made of the stanzas that avoids that pretense. –Aharon Varady . . .