“Schema Jisrael (Shema Yisrael)” is a hymn written by Moritz Mayer (1821-1867) and posthumously published in Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871), hymn №33, pp. 66-67. It may have been published earlier in the author’s lifetime. If you know of an earlier source for this hymn, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .

A prayer for Tisha b’Av. . . .

A prayer of a woman struggling with a life-threatening illness or injury. . . .

A prayer of gratitude for a woman who has survived dangerous circumstances. . . .

A prayer for one’s parent or parents during Yizkor. . . .

A prayer of a daughter for mourning on the yortseit of one or both of her parents. . . .

A prayer of an orphan after the death of one or both of her parents. . . .

A prayer of a woman experiencing desperation under difficult circumstances. . . .

A prayer of a woman following the birth of her infant child. . . .

A prayer of a wife on behalf of her husband traveling. . . .

A prayer for when traveling conditions become perilous on an ocean voyage. . . .

A prayer of a “young maiden” — a girl before her bat mitsvah. . . .

A mother’s prayer for an ill infant or child. . . .

A prayer of a woman and mother who has lost her husband and is contemplating desperate circumstances. . . .

A prayer for a woman preparing herself on Erev Rosh haShanah. . . .

A prayer for a woman celebrating the first yontef of Sukkot. . . .

A prayer for a woman celebrating Shmini Atseret. . . .

A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement on Yom Kippurim. . . .

A prayer of a pregnant woman before she goes into labor. . . .

“Evening Prayer for Children” is one of thirty prayers appearing in Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s collection of tehinot, Hours of Devotion (1866), of uncertain provenance and which he may have written. . . .