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This is an archive of prayers for those marking their passage into the community of elders.

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וִדּוּי בַּיָּמִים מֵחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וְאֵלֶךְ | Vidui for those fifty years old and over, by Rabbi Mosheh Halperin (1611)

This vidui prayer for those privileged to live past the age of 50 is found in Rabbi Mosheh ben Zevulun Eliezer Halperin’s Zikhron Mosheh (Lublin: 1611), siman 13.

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17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., עמידה amidah, memento mori, וידוי vidui

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Abe Katz (translation) and Mosheh Halperin

Andachtsübung einer betagten Frau! | Devotional exercise of an aged woman! — a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Andachtsübung einer betagten Frau!” 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 №75 on pp. 112-114. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №76 on pp. 136-139. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №79 on pp. 141-144.

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Old Age

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., ageing, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Musings, a poem by Miriam del Banco (1932)

The poem “Musings” by Miriam del Banco (1858-1931) was included in her posthumously published anthology, Poetry and Prose (1932), p. 115-116.

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Old Age

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

Contributor(s):

Miriam del Banco and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

When I Am Old, a poem by Miriam del Banco (1932)

The poem “When I Am Old” by Miriam del Banco (1858-1931) was included in her posthumously published anthology, Poetry and Prose (1932), p. 111-112.

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Old Age

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

Contributor(s):

Miriam del Banco and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

מי שברך לתקופת יום הולדת | Mi sheBerakh on behalf of one celebrating a birthday, by Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Kaplan (1945)

“Prayer in behalf of one celebrating a birthday,” by Rabbi Mordecai Menaḥem Kaplan can be found on p. 494-497 of his The Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945)

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Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers, During the Aliyot, Well-being, health, and caregiving, Old Age

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., ageing, birthday prayers, מי שברך mi sheberakh

Contributor(s):

Mordecai Kaplan and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "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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