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Moritz Mayer

Rabbi Moritz Mayer (originally Moses Maier, later Maurice Mayer; 1821-1867) born in Dürckheim-on-the-Haardt, Germany, fled to the United States and to New York as a political refugee of the 1848 revolution. In 1859, after seven years as the rabbi of Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, he returned in poor health to New York where he contributed frequently to the Jewish press, and translated various German works into English: Rabbi Samuel Adler's catechism, Abraham Geiger's lectures on Jewish history, and Ludwig Philipson's pamphlet, Haben die Juden Jesum Gekreuzigt? (the Crucifixion from the Jewish Point of View), et al. In 1866, a number of his English translations of Fanny Neuda's teḥinot in German (from her Stunden Der Andacht, 1855/1858) were published in a volume he titled Hours of Devotion. The work also included a number of his own prayers as well as those of Marcus Heinrich Bresslau. The following year, Moritz Mayer passed away. He was 45 years old.

(We are indebted to Anton Hieke for his research on Mayer, "Rabbi Maurice Mayer: German Revolutionary, Charleston Reformer, and Anti-Abolitionist" published in Southern Jewish Life, 17 (2014), pp. 45-89.)

For Mayer's translations of prayers by other authors, please visit here.

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Prayer for the Evening of the Day of Atonement (נעילה), by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement in the final service of Yom Kippur at sunset. . . .


Morning Prayer for Children, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“Morning 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. . . .


Prayer for the Close of the Sabbath, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“Prayer for the Close of the Sabbath” 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. . . .


[Prayer] at the Grave of a Child, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a woman mounrning at the grave of her child. . . .


[Prayer] for the Sabbath Day, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“[Prayer] For the Sabbath Day” 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. . . .


A Wife’s Prayer for Matrimonial Happiness, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer of a woman contemplating her relationship with her husband in marriage. . . .


Prayer for the Feast of Purim, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a woman celebrating Purim. . . .


[Prayer] at the Grave of a Brother or Sister, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a woman visiting the grave of her brother or sister. . . .


[Prayer] for the Last Days of Passover, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a woman celebrating the final days of Passover yontef. . . .


[Prayer] at a Mother’s Grave, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A prayer for a daughter mounrning at the grave of her mother. . . .


📖 Hours of Devotion: A Book of Prayers & Meditations for the Use of the Daughters of Israel, an anthology of teḥinot compiled by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributed by Moritz Mayer (translation) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

A collection of Jewish women’s prayers compiled by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, including twenty-four original English translations of prayers by Fanny Neuda from her collection, Stunden der Andacht 1855. . . .


With Grateful Hearts of Song and Praise, a “School Hymn” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

Contributed by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“With grateful hearts of song and praise” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “School Hymns” as Hymn 209 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 208-209. . . .


Almighty God! We Pray to Thee – a “School Hymn” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

Contributed by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“Almighty God! we pray to Thee,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “School Hymns” as Hymn 210 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), p. 209. . . .


Rejoice in God, Our Mighty Rock – a hymn for Shavuot by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

Contributed by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“Rejoice in God, our mighty Rock,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “Pentecost” as Hymn 203 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 200-201. . . .


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

Contributed by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (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. . . .


O God! Today Our Joyful Song of Praise – a hymn for Purim by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

Contributed by Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | Moritz Mayer | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) |

“O God! To-day our joyful song of praise,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “Feast of Esther” as Hymn 196 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 191-192. . . .