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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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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)

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

A prayer for a woman mounrning at the grave 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):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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

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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 of Primary Caregivers, prayers of single parents, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

A prayer of an orphan after the death of one or both of her 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):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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

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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):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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

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

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Mourning

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Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer in Eulogy for Vice President Henry Wilson, by Rabbi Sabato Morais (1 December 1875)

This prayer in eulogy for Vice President Henry Wilson was preserved on page 78 of the Sobato Morais Scrapbook (a/k/a, the Morais Ledger) in a clipping from the Evening Telegraph on 1 December 1875, “The Late Vice-President: A Eulogy by Rev. S. Morais, of the Seventh Street Synagogue.” . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Eulogy, Henry Wilson, Prayers for leaders

Contributor(s):

Sabato Morais and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer in Eulogy for Rabbi George Jacobs, by Rabbi Sabato Morais (18 July 1884)

This prayer in eulogy for Rabbi George Jacobs is found in conclusion to “In Memoriam. Address Delivered Last Sabbath by Rev. S. Morais” in the Jewish Record, 18 July 1884, a clipping of which was preserved on page 231 of the Sabato Morais Ledger. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Sabato Morais and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer after the death of President Ulysses S. Grant, by Rabbi Sabato Morais (8 August 1885)

This prayer by Rabbi Sabato Morais after the death of President Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) concludes a eulogy published in the The Jewish Record on 14 August 1885, “General Grant: Substance of a Discourse Delivered Last Sabbath by the Rev. S. Morais.” A note in the preface to the article dates the eulogy to the preceding Sabbath, 8 August 1885. The article was preserved in a newspaper clipping found on page 338 of the Sabato Morais Ledger. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers for leaders, Ulysses Grant

Contributor(s):

Sabato Morais and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

The Children’s Song, a hymn by Felix Adler (1888)

“The Children’s Song” is a hymn by Felix Adler, first published in The Ethical Record vol. 1, no. 1. (April 1888), sheet music page 5. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, child mortality, children's prayers, English vernacular prayer, Ethical Humanism, גלגול נפשות gilgul nefashot, hymns, memento mori, universalist

Contributor(s):

Felix Adler and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on Losing Some One Near and Dear, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Prayer for a Dear Relation or Friend Who is Ill” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 26-27. . . .

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Mourning

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, West Central Girls' Club

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

On the Loss of a Beloved One, a prayer in the morning by Annie Josephine Levi (1900)

“On the loss of a beloved one (in the morning)” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 148-149. . . .

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Mourning

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

Contributor(s):

Annie Josephine Levi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

On the Loss of a Beloved One, a prayer in the evening by Annie Josephine Levi (1900)

“On the loss of a beloved one (in the evening)” was written by Annie Josephine Levi and published in her anthology of teḥinot in English, Meditations of the Heart (1900), pp. 156-157. . . .

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Mourning

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

Contributor(s):

Annie Josephine Levi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Beruria, an ode to the sage by Lise Tarlau (1907)

“Beruria” by Lisa Tarlau is an eponymous ode provided as the preface to Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages v-viii. . . .

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Mourning, Marriage

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children, elegy, German vernacular prayer, in the merit of Beruriah

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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