Mourning • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

קדיש יתום בלי מנין או אם לבד (אשכנז)‏ | Abbreviated, Personal Mourner’s Ḳaddish for when Praying Alone or Without a Minyan (Nusaḥ Ashkenaz), by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans, Without a Minyan
	This text takes the basic idea of the Baladi-rite ‘Brikh Shmeh d’Kudsha Brikh Hu’ and adapts it for the Askenazi nusach of the Kaddish. It can be used when praying alone wherever a minyan would say the entire Kaddish. It could also be recited by a community in unison out loud when it can’t make a minyan, to show that even if we don’t have a full minyan, we still welcome mourners as part of our community. . . .

Holy Tears: A Not-Ḳaddish, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

Contributor(s):	Menachem Creditor
Categories:	Dying, Mourning, Tishah b'Av, Ḳaddish
Tags:	21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Paraliturgical Mourner's Kaddish, English vernacular prayer, Gratitude
	A meditation on living through the lens of dying. . . .

תפילה על מת בהמה או חיה מחמד | Prayer on the Death of a Beloved Animal, by Aharon Varady (1994)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	20th century C.E., animals, בהמות behemot, 58th century A.M., Grief, domesticated animals, burial service, interspecies relationships
	A prayer for a beloved animal first compiled in English by Aharon N. Varady for Nethaniel Puzael, his family’s cat, in 1994. . . .

קדיש יתום | Mourner’s Ḳaddish for a Minyan of Ten People (including Jews and non-Jews), by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s):	David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	ecumenical prayers, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Northampton, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
	A “secular” kaddish after my mother died so that I could say kaddish under circumstances where I could gather ten people but not ten Jews. . . .

קדיש יתום | Mourner’s Ḳaddish, an interpretive rhyming translation by Alan Wagman

Contributor(s):	Alan Wagman (translation)
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., rhyming translation, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
	This is an English language interpretation of Kaddish, intended to capture the spirit of translations/interpretations that I have seen in various sources and also to capture the sound and rhythm of the Aramaic text, including syllables which, when read simultaneously with the Aramaic, rhyme with the Aramaic. . . .

Loss of what could be; but is – a prayer-poem in eulogy after a suicide, by Andrew Meit

Contributor(s):	Andrew Meit
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	suicide, suicide awareness, North America, suicide prevention, death of a child, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Eulogy
	This eulogy by Andrew Meit was read at Temple Beit Ami in Rockville, Maryland at the funeral of Benjamin Meit. Andrew writes, “Ben would have turned 19 next week. He died from complications from depression and mental illness.” Donations in Ben’s memory may be made here. If you or anyone you know is in need of help, please call 911, or 1-800 273 8255, the national suicide prevention hotline. . . .

Things That Are Not To Be, a prayer-poem in the event of a pregnancy loss by Rabbi Hanna Yerushalmi (LGPC)

Contributor(s):	Hanna Yerushalmi
Categories:	Mourning, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
Tags:	pregnancy loss, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	“Things that are not to be,” a prayer-poem by Rabbi Hanna Yerushalmi (LGPC) in the event of a pregnancy loss was first published in Mishkan R’fuah: Where Healing Resides (CCAR 2013), p. 49-50. . . .

Yizkor: Instructions for Remembering, by Rabbi Nina Mizrahi

Contributor(s):	Nina Jane Mizrahi
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	יזכור yizkor, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot
	A paraliturgical yizkor prayer. . . .

תפילת נחם על תשעה באב | Tefilat Naḥem on Tisha b’Av, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (free translation by Gabbai Seth Fishman)

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation)
Categories:	Mourning, Tishah b'Av
Tags:	מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, ירושלם Jerusalem, 58th century A.M., Al Quds, הר הבית Har haBayit, free translation, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Vocalization
	During the time before there was a State of Israel, those ideals in our hearts which we tried to practice and which we wanted others to practice, seemed not achievable where we were because, we felt we had no influence over our world where we were. And so, the longing for our homeland was tied into the longing for our dreams and our vision. Now that the state of Israel is with us, our dreams and our visions still remain distant from our lives and therefore when we say the Tisha B’av prayers we need to remind ourselves of the distance between that which we would have in this world and that which we do have. . . .

Each Loss Breaks a Pattern, a prayer for a shiva by Trisha Arlin

Contributor(s):	Trisha Arlin (liturgist)
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, shiva
	This prayer was written to introduce the service at a shiva minyan. . . .

Prayer for the Interment of Sacred Writing in a Genizah, by Morah Yehudis Fishman

Contributor(s):	Yehudis Fishman
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	Genizah, burial, shemot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
	My bones whisper that your pages and your inks will return to the trees and the plants from where they once came. They say that someday they will even come back to life with words never yet heard. . . .

Kiss of death: a prayer upon the death of a parent, by Andrew Meit

Contributor(s):	Andrew Meit
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	prayers for parents, English vernacular prayer, death of a parent, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
	By Andrew Meit, written upon the death of his mother, Sonie Meit, the 28th of Sivan 5771 –כ״ח בְּסִיוָן תשע״א. . . .

קדיש יתום | Mourner’s Ḳaddish, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	prayers of orphans, interpretive translation, English Translation, Aramaic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayer by Proxy, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish
	An interpretive translation of the Mourner’s Kaddish, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . .

קדיש יתום | Mourner’s Ḳaddish: A Creative Translation, by Rabbi David Zaslow

Contributor(s):	David Zaslow (translation)
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	Aramaic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayer by Proxy, interdependence, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans, interpretive translation, English Translation
	A creative, interpretive translation of the the Mourner’s Ḳaddish. . . .

קדיש יתום | Mourner’s Ḳaddish, a translation by Everett Fox after Franz Rosenzweig

Contributor(s):	Everett Fox
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	Aramaic, 58th century A.M., קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans, 20th century C.E.
	The Mourner’s Ḳaddish, in Hebrew with English translation by Everett Fox after Franz Rosenzweig. . . .

תפילת הזכרת הורים כשאין מניין לאמירת קדיש | “Gebet Statt Ḳaddisch” Memorial Prayer For When There is No Minyan

Contributor(s):	Isaac Seligman Baer and Jonah Rank
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, English Translation, prayers of orphans, personal, תחינות teḥinot, Without a Minyan, 57th century A.M., Memorial prayers, 19th century C.E., Paraliturgical Mourner's Kaddish, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution
	Please Lord, Sovereign of Compassion, God, Arbiter of the spirits of all flesh, Parent of Orphans and Judge of widows: God, from the source of Your holiness! May my prayer and the Torah of life that I have learned come before you on account of the soul . . .

אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים | El Malé Raḥamim (Prayer for the Departed), interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	יזכור yizkor, אל מלא רחמים El Malé Raḥamim, Grief, burial service
	The prayer El Malé Raḥamim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. . . .

אֵל מָלֵא רַחֲמִים | El Malé Raḥamim (Prayer for the Departed), translated and sung by Effron Esseiva

Contributor(s):	Effron Esseiva
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	יזכור yizkor, אל מלא רחמים El Malé Raḥamim, Grief, burial service
	Almost two years ago my best friend passed away and I had the honour of chanting this malé raḥamim for him. In mid-May this year another friend approached me and said he really liked the way I did it at the time and could I record it for him because he was going to do it too for an unrelated unveiling. So, I recorded it on May 18, 2011. I didn’t compose it. It’s a traditional tune, but it’s my voice and I hope someone else can perhaps learn it with this material. The more resource there are out there through means such as Open Siddur the better we can learn and share. . . .

קדיש יתום בזמן מלחמה | Mourner’s Ḳaddish in Times of War and Violence, by Arthur Waskow

Contributor(s):	Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Categories:	Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	Paraliturgical Mourner's Kaddish, Renewal, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, Aleph, Abrahamic, ecumenical prayers, interpretive translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
	Jews use the Kaddish to mourn the dead, though it has in it only one word — “nechamata,” consolations – which hints at mourning. And this word itself is used in a puzzling way, once we look at it with care. As we will see below, it may be especially appropriate in time of war. The interpretive English translation below may also be appropriate for prayers of mourning and hope in wartime by other spiritual and religious communities. In this version, changes in the traditional last line of the Hebrew text specifically include not only peace for the people Israel (as in the traditional version) but also for the children of Abraham and Hagar through Ishmael (Arabs and Muslims) and for all the life-forms who dwell upon this planet. . . .

בַּשָּׁנָה הַבָּאָה | baShanah haBa’ah (Next Year), an elegy by Ehud Manor for his brother killed during the War of Attrition (1968)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Ehud Manor
Categories:	Mourning, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Nirtsah, War
Tags:	Prayers as poems, ישראל Yisrael, elegies, War of Attrition, lamentation, 20th century C.E., קינות Ḳinnot
	“baShanah haBa’ah” (Next Year) by Ehud Manor written in 1968 in memory of his brother Yehudah. . . .

תפלת אחר הקמת המצבה, מנהג ק״ק פרעסבורג יצ״ו | Prayer after the Unveiling of a Tombstone, according to the custom of the Jewish community of Pressburg

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jacob Chatinover (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	Bratislava, Memorial prayers, Jewish burial, tombstones, Pressburg, Poszony, Needing citation references, Needing Attribution
	A prayer for unveiling a tombstone, according to the custom of the Jews of Pressburg. . . .

Prayer for an Orphan, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	prayers of orphans, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, children's prayers, English vernacular prayer
	A prayer of an orphan after the death of one or both of her parents. . . .

[Prayer] on the Anniversary of a Parent’s Death (יאָרצײַט‎), by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for parents, English vernacular prayer, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit
	A prayer of a daughter for mourning on the yortseit of one or both of her parents. . . .

Prayer for the Departed (הזכרת נשמות), by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, 19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical yizkor, prayers of orphans, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot
	A prayer for one’s parent or parents during Yizkor. . . .

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

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers, prayers for siblings, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot
	A prayer for a woman visiting the grave of her brother or sister. . . .

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

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for parents, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M.
	A prayer for a daughter mounrning at the grave of her mother. . . .

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

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers concerning children, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers, 19th century C.E.
	A prayer for a woman mounrning at the grave of her child. . . .

A Widow’s Prayer, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Primary Caregivers, prayers of single parents, 19th century C.E.
	A prayer of a woman and mother who has lost her husband and is contemplating desperate circumstances. . . .

Heaven, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1853)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	English Romanticism, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M.
	“Heaven” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), pp. 72-76. . . .

Future Happiness, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1853)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., עולם הבא Olam Haba, English Romanticism, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer
	“Future Happiness” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), p. 35-39. . . .

Prayer on the Grave of a Brother, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers, prayers for siblings, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M.
	A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her brother. . . .

Prayer in Memory of Departed Souls (הזכרת נשמות), by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical yizkor, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot
	“Prayer for Departed Souls (הזכרת נשמות)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 40-42. . . .

Prayer of a Mother on the Grave of Her Child, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers concerning children, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers
	A prayer of a mother grieving over the death of her child. . . .

Prayer on the Grave of a Sister, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	prayers for siblings, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers
	A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her sister. . . .

Prayer for a Widow at the Grave of Her Husband, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, English vernacular prayer, cemetery prayers, 19th century C.E.
	A prayer of a wife grieving over the death of her husband. . . .

Exercise for the Anniversary of a Parent’s Decease (יאָרצײַט), translated by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Morris Jacob Raphall
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for parents, English vernacular prayer, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit
	“Exercise for the Anniversary of a Parent’s Decease, (YahrZeit.)” appears on page 138-139 of רֻחָמָה (Ruḥamah): Devotional Exercises for the Use of the Daughters of Israel (1852) edited by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1798–1868) from selections made from the teḥinot anthologies in German of Meir Letteris (1800-1871), Max Emanuel Stern (1811-1873), and Yehoshua Heshil Miro. . . .

Prayer of an Orphan, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	English vernacular prayer, prayers of orphans, 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, children's prayers
	A prayer of a person who has lost their parent or parents. . . .

Prayer on the Anniversary of the Death of a Parent (יאָרצײַט), by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Marcus Heinrich Bresslau
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for parents, English vernacular prayer, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit
	A prayer of a daughter on the yahrzeit of her mother or father. . . .

Song of the Spirit, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1848)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	Prayers as poems, neshamah shenatata bi, neshamah, 19th century C.E., mourning, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry, English Romanticism, Grief
	The poem, “Song of the Spirit” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 6:7, Tishrei 5609, October 1848. . . .

The Body Speaking to the Soul Which Just Left It, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	English Romanticism, Grief, Prayers as poems, 19th century C.E., mourning, sleep, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry
	The poem, “The Body Speaking to the Soul Which Just Left It.” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was written in March 1842 and first published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate 2:4, Tamuz 5604, July 1844, p. 200-202. . . .

Oh! That on Morning’s Dewy Wings, a hymn on “Submission to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation
	“Oh! that on morning’s dewy wings,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Submission to the Will of God” as Hymn 33 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 36. . . .

I Wept When From My Eager Grasp, a hymn on “Submission to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M.
	“I wept when from my eager grasp,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Submission to the Will of God” as Hymn 35 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 38. . . .

God of My Fathers! Merciful and Just, a hymn on the Immortality of the Soul by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Caroline de Litchfield Harby and Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina)
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	memento mori, AABB rhyming scheme, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, resurrection, South Carolina, hymns
	“God of my fathers! merciful and just,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first published in 1842, appears under the subject “Immortality of the Soul” as Hymn 53 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 55. That page is missing in the one copy of the first edition we know to exist. Thankfully, the hymn appears under the same subject as Hymn 39 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), p. 43. . . .

Draw Nigh, Lord! Unto My Soul, a hymn on “Submission to the Will of God” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, exhortation, 19th century C.E.
	“Draw nigh, Lord! unto my soul,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Submission to the Will of God” as Hymn 34 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 37. . . .

We Bless Thee, Oh Lord! As the Bountiful Source – a hymn on “Praise and Thanksgiving” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	AABB rhyming scheme, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns
	“We bless thee, oh Lord! as the bountiful source” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Praise and Thanksgiving” as Hymn 45 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 48-49. . . .

Gebet an der Jahrzeit des Vaters, während man fastet | Prayer on one’s Father’s Yortseit (יאָרצײַט‎) while fasting, by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit, 19th century C.E.
	“Gebet an der Jahrzeit des Vaters, während man fastet” was written by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №129, on pp. 244-245. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №130, pp. 251-252. . . .

Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen (הזכרת נשׁמות) [no.1] | Intercession for the Deceased (Hazkarat Neshamot) [no.1], a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1833)

Contributor(s):	Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	German Jewry, Paraliturgical yizkor, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, 19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer
	“Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen [no.1]” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1833 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion on pp. 48-51. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №35 on pp. 53-56. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №37 on pp. 56-59. . . .

Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen (הזכרת נשׁמות) [no.3] | Intercession for the Deceased (Hazkarat Neshamot) [no.3], a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributor(s):	Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	German Jewry, Paraliturgical yizkor, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, 19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer
	“[Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen (no.3)]” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №38 on pp. 47-49. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №37 on pp. 58-60. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №39 on pp. 61-63. . . .

Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen (הזכרת נשׁמות) Unsterblichkeit | Intercession for the Deceased (Hazkarat Neshamot) On Immortality, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributor(s):	Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, Paraliturgical yizkor, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, 19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers
	“[Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen] (Unsterblichkeit)” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №39 on pp. 50-51. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №38 on pp. 60-62. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №40 on pp. 63-65. . . .

Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen (הזכרת נשׁמות) [no.2] | Intercession for the Deceased (Hazkarat Neshamot) [no.2], a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributor(s):	Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	German Jewry, Paraliturgical yizkor, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, 19th century C.E., יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer
	“Fürbitte für die Verstorbenen [no.2]” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaicher Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaicher Religion as teḥinah №38 on pp. 47-49. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №36 on pp. 56-58. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №38 on pp. 59-61. . . .

Gebet einer Wittwe | Prayer of a Widow, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

Contributor(s):	Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro
Categories:	Mourning, Marriage, Child care
Tags:	56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, 19th century C.E., parenting, תחינות teḥinot
	“Gebet einer Wittwe” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №83 on pp. 131-133. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №83 on pp. 154-157. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №86 on pp. 159-162. . . .

תחנה אמהות | Prayer for Yizkor, from the Tkhine of the Matriarchs by Seril Rappaport (ca. 18th century)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Seril Rappaport
Categories:	Mourning, Shavuot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ, Yom Kippur, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)
Tags:	תחינות tkhines, יזכור yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, Paraliturgical yizkor
	“Tkhine of the Matriarchs for Yizkor on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Yamim Tovim” by Rebbetsin Seril Rappaport is a faithful transcription of her tkhine included in “תחנה אמהות מן ראש חודש אלול” (Tkhine of the Matriarchs for the New Moon of Elul) published in Vilna, 1874, as re-published in The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni. . . .

קדיש יתום ליחיד | Mourner’s Ḳaddish for an Individual Without a Minyan (Sefer Ḥasidim, ca. 12-13th c.)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Yehudah ben Shmuel of Regensburg
Categories:	Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	Without a Minyan, 13th century C.E., 50th century A.M., קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans, Needing Source Images
	A mourner’s ḳaddish in the event there is no quorum. . . .

על הכל יתגדל ויתקדש | An Alternative Mourner’s Ḳaddish, from a prayer offered during the removal of the Torah from the Arōn (Seder Rav Amram Gaon)

Contributor(s):	Oren Steinitz and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Before the Aliyot, Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:	הוצאת ספר תורה Removal of the Torah from the Ark, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, 20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, English Translation, Jewish Renewal, Without a Minyan, 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid
	This Kaddish was first published online at Jewish Renewal Chassidus by Gabbai Seth Fishman. Rabbi Oren Steinitz translated the kaddish on the 3rd yahrzeit after Reb Zalman’s passing. . . .

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