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Mourning

This is an archive of prayers composed for mourning. Some are for personal or private use. Others are for public, communal, and ceremonial functions. Some follow the formula of a Mourner’s Ḳaddish (Qaddish Yatom), others that of El Malé Raḥamim, and still others are adaptations or free-form with or without Hebrew, reflecting upon grief and interconnection and composed in a vernacular tongue.

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., AABB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, exhortation, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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)

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., AABB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, memento mori, resurrection, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Caroline de Litchfield Harby, Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, exhortation, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, exhortation, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, English Romanticism, Grief, mourning, Prayers as poems, sleep

Contributor(s):

Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

The poem, “Song of the Spirit” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 6:7, Tishrei 5609, October 1848. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, English Romanticism, Grief, mourning, neshamah, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Rosa Emma Salaman 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. . . .

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Mourning, 🇭🇺 Hungary, Military Personnel & Veterans

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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)

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

A prayer of a daughter on the yahrzeit of her mother or father. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of a person who has lost their parent or parents. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children's prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers of orphans, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, יאָרצײַט‎ yahrẓeit

Contributor(s):

Morris Jacob Raphall and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of a wife grieving over the death of her husband. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her sister. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of a mother grieving over the death of her child. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers concerning children, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“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. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, הזכרת נשמות hazkarat neshamot, Jewish Women's Prayers, paraliturgical hazkarat neshamot, Paraliturgical yizkor, תחינות teḥinot, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her brother. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

“Future Happiness” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), p. 35-39. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, עולם הבא Olam Haba, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Heaven, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1853)

“Heaven” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), pp. 72-76. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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

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Mourning, 🇺🇸 Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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