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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 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

Tags:

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 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

Tags:

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] 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

Tags:

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)

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)

Am Grabe der Eltern | At the grave of one’s parents, a teḥinah by Anna Lachmann (1907)

“Am Grabe der Eltern” by Anna Lachmann can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 538-540. . . .

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Mourning

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Anna Lachmann and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Am Grabe der Mutter | At the grave of one’s mother, a teḥinah by Lise Tarlau (1907)

“Am Grabe der Mutter” by Lisa Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 540-541. . . .

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

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, chronic pain, German vernacular prayer, Grief, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Am Grabe des Gatten | At the grave of one’s husband, a teḥinah by Lise Tarlau (1907)

“Am Grabe des Gatten” by Lisa Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 544-545. . . .

Categories:

Mourning

Tags:

20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, German vernacular prayer, Grief, Jewish Women's Prayers, marriage, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Am Grabe eines jungen Bruders | At the grave of one’s younger brother, a teḥinah by Lise Tarlau (1907)

“Am Grabe eines jungen Bruders” by Lisa Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 546-547. . . .

Categories:

Mourning

Tags:

20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Am Grabe einer jungen Schwester | At the grave of one’s younger sister, a teḥinah by Lise Tarlau (1907)

“Am Grabe einer jungen Schwester” by Lisa Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), pages 547-549. . . .

Categories:

Mourning

Tags:

20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Lise Tarlau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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