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Well-being, health, and caregiving

This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, the health and well-being of others by or for caregivers.

If you have composed a prayer for overcoming illness, for well-being, or for the success of caregivers, healers, and physicians, please share it here.

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Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit | Prayer in times of melancholy and dejection, a teḥinah by Meïr haLevi Letteris (1846)

“Gebet in den Stunden der Wehmuth und Niedergeschlagenheit” was written by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (1846), pp. 95-96. In the Judeo-German edition, it is found on pp. 80-81.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Meïr haLevi Letteris and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Supplique dans un malheur ou dans un chagrin | Supplication in misfortune or in grief, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

A prayer in severe distress.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Distress, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Jonas Ennery, Arnaud Aron and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Prière d’un enfant pour un malade | A child’s prayer for a sick person, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

A child’s prayer for someone suffering from an illness.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children's prayers, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, prayers for the ill, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Jonas Ennery, Arnaud Aron and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Prayer of a mother for her sick infant child, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

A supplication of a mother for her sick infant child.

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Child care, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer in sickness, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

A supplication made during a period of debilitating illness.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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 of a Wife for a Sick Husband, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

A supplication of a wife for the recovery of her ill husband.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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 of Thanksgiving on Recovering from Sickness, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

A thanksgiving prayer on recovering from a serious illness.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ברכת הגומל birkat hagomel, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, מודים Modim, תחינות teḥinot, thankfulness, thanksgiving

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Actions de graces après un événement heu-reux | Thanksgiving after a joyful reprieve, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

A prayer of gratitude after a dangerous and distressing situation is resolved for the good.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, Gratitude, מודים Modim, reciprocity, תחינות teḥinot, thanksgiving

Contributor(s):

Jonas Ennery, Arnaud Aron and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Gebet für Eltern | Prayer for Parents, by Fanny Neuda (1855)

A supplicatory prayer on behalf of parents by their child.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, prayers on behalf of parents, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

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Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda, Moritz Mayer (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for a Sick Child, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A mother’s prayer for an ill infant or child.

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Child care, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., childhood illness, English vernacular prayer, infants, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers concerning children, Prayers on behalf of children, Prayers of Primary Caregivers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for Patience and Strength in Adversity, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer of a woman experiencing desperation under difficult circumstances.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Thanksgiving for Deliverance, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer of gratitude for a woman who has survived dangerous circumstances.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ברכת הגומל birkat hagomel, English vernacular prayer, Gratitude, Jewish Women's Prayers, מודים Modim, תחינות teḥinot, thankfulness, thanksgiving

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer in Heavy Sickness, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer of a woman struggling with a life-threatening illness or injury.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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] in Sickness, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“In Sickness” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), page 25.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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)

[Prayer] on Recovering from Sickness, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“On Recovering from Sickness” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), page 26.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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)

Prayer for a Dear Relation or Friend Who is Ill, 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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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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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)

Prayer when in Trouble, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Prayer when in Trouble” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 28-29.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

אײן אנשפראכע געגען עין הרע | An Incantation against the Ayin haRa (1896)

This tkhine offers a formula for providing relief to a very ill person, and as such, should only be used as a supplement to recommendations provided by an expert physician or nurse. The source of the tkhine is Tkhine of a Highly Respected Woman, Budapest, 1896; and transcribed from The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992.

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Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Well-being, health, and caregiving, Theurgy

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danger, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi, entering magical territory, Healing, historiola, incantation, Needing Attribution, Needing Source Images, עין הרע predatory gaze (ill will/evil eye), shamanic praxis

Contributor(s):

Unknown, Baruch Jean Thaler (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Bajban | Prayer in a personal crisis, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)

This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for when one is confronted by grave difficulties, “Bajban,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.285-286

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Arnold Kiss and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért | Thanksgiving for deliverance from trouble, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)

This prayer of thanksgiving by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for deliverance from danger, “Hálaima a bajból való menekülésért,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.286-288.

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Well-being, health, and caregiving

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

Contributor(s):

Arnold Kiss and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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