“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.

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Austrian Empire, Austrian Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Menaḥem Mendel Stern and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Kossuth imája | Prayer for the Fallen Heroes of the Battle of Kápolna, by István Roboz (1849)

This is a prayer for those fallen in the battle of Kápolna, a decisive battle during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, written by István Roboz (1826-1916). Translated into numerous languages, the prayer was widely misattributed to enlightened president of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth. Circulated in translation and attributed to Kossuth, the prayer helped to cement his popularity among Jews worldwide praying for liberty from despotic regimes inclined for various reasons towards Jew hatred.

Categories:

Mourning, 🇭🇺 Hungary, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Battle of Kápolna, Emancipation, Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Kingdom of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth, Magyar vernacular prayer, military, Revolutions of 1848

Contributor(s):

Unknown (translation), István Roboz and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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.

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Austrian Empire, Austrian Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Confederate States Soldiers, by Rabbi Max Michelbacher (ca. 1861)

This “Prayer of the C.S. Soldiers” was written by Max Michelbacher of Congregation Beth Ahabah, Richmond, Virginia, and distributed to Jewish soldiers in the Confederate armed forces during the Slaveholders’ Rebellion (1861-1865). While this prayer is undated, we have tentatively given the date ca. 1861 given the proximity of Richmond, Virginia to the First Battle of Bull Run.

Categories:

War, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Confederate States of America, English vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers, Slaveholders' Rebellion (1861-1865)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Maximilian Joseph Michelbacher

תְּפִלָּה לְהַצְלָחַת חַיִל הַמַּלְכָּה בְּאֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ | A Prayer for Her Majesty’s Forces in the Sudan, by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler (1885)

This prayer for the well-being of Her Majesty’s military forces in the Sudan, was offered by chief rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler for use by the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire in the context of British involvement in the Mahdist War, and specifically after news reached Britain of the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885.

Categories:

🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Empire, British Jewry, Egyptian Jewry, Mahdist War

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nathan Marcus Adler and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

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