“Prayer Previous to Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 58.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Domestic Prayer of Thanksgiving After Confinement, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“Domestic Prayer of Thanksgiving After Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 58-59.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen | Prayer of a pregnant woman on Hoshana Rabbah after saying the blessing over the etrog fruit, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1852)

“Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen.” was translated/adapted by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (2nd edition, 1852), pp. 41-42. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer for a woman who is about to become a mother, after the benediction of the citron” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 52-54.

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Hoshana Rabba, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, the pitom of the etrog, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Miriam Wertheimer (translation), Meïr haLevi Letteris and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer and Thanksgiving on Going to the Synagogue for the First Time After Confinement, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“Prayer and Thanksgiving, On Going to the Synagogue for the First Time After Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 59-61.

Categories:

Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on the Sabbath of Naming a New Born Daughter, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“Prayer on the Sabbath of Naming a New Born Daughter” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 63.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., baby daughters, English vernacular prayer, gender roles, infants, Jewish Women's Prayers, naming, naming ceremonies, Parents blessing children, prayers concerning children, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Gebet] Vor der Entbindung | [Prayer] Before the Childbirth, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth in the 19th century.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Bohemian Jewry, childbirth, first person, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Julia Watts Belser (translation), Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

In Kinderloser Ehe | [Prayer for a Woman] In a Childless Marriage, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

Fanny Neuda’s teḥinah for women experiencing difficulty conceiving children.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Bohemian Jewry, conception, fertility, first person, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Julia Watts Belser (translation), Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda and Moritz Mayer (translation)

תְּחִנָה זאָגט מען װען מען בּײַסט אָפּ דעם פִּטוּם פוּן דעם אֶתְרוֹג | Tkhine for when biting the pitom from the etrog (Siddur Ḳorban Minḥah, 1861)

A tkhine for when biting the pitom from the etrog

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Hoshana Rabba, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., fertility, Jewish Women's Prayers, the pitom of the etrog, pregnancy, סגולות segulot, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Emily Kesselman (art & transcription), Baruch Jean Thaler (translation) and Unknown

Prayer on the Approach of Childbirth, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer of a pregnant woman before she goes into labor.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer After Safe Delivery [in Childbirth], by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer of a woman following the birth of her infant child.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

א תחנה פאר א אשה מעוברת אז זיא גײט צו קינד | Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman when She is about to Give Birth (1910)

A prayer for a pregnant woman approaching her childbirth.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for pregnant women, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Tracy Guren Klirs (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תחנה פאר אײן אִשָׁה װאָס דארף האָבּין אײַן קינד | Tkhine for a Woman who is about to Have a Child (1910)

A prayer for a pregnant woman whose childbirth is immanent.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for pregnant women, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Tracy Guren Klirs (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תחנה פון אײן שװאנגער אשה זאל ניט מפיל זיין | Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman that She Not Miscarry (1910)

A prayer for a pregnant woman that she not suffer a miscarriage.

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for pregnant women, pregnancy, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Tracy Guren Klirs (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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