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Miriam Wertheimer (translation)

Miriam Wertheimer (fl. mid-19th c.) was a pioneering English translator of teḥinot in Birmingham, England, and a direct descendant of Akiba Israel Wertheimer (1778–1835) was the first Chief Rabbi of Altona and Schleswig-Holstein. We know very little else about her save that she translated a collection of teḥinot in German into English that was published in 1852. She was a friend of Hester Rothschild who translated another collection of teḥinot and paraliturgical prayers. If you know more about Miriam Wertheimer, please contact us.

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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 (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 an einem Fasttage | Prayer on a Public Fast Day (תַּעֲנִית צִבּוּר), a teḥinah by Dr. Meïr Letteris (1846)

Contributed on: 13 Dec 2021 by Miriam Wertheimer (translation) | Meïr haLevi Letteris | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“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. . . .