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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

This is an archive of prayers generally having to do with making a living, the workplace, and finding fulfillment in one's labor.

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דיזי שיני נייאי תפילה | Dize sheyne naye tfile (This Beautiful New Prayer), by the typesetter Gele bat Moshe v’Freyde (1710)

This is a faithful transcription of the prayer of Gele (Gella), daughter of the printer Moshe, as found at the end of Tefillah l’Mosheh (2nd ed., Halle, Germany, 1710), a prayerbook Gele typeset when she was only 11-years-old. This prayerbook is rare owing to the destruction of the press following the incarceration of Gele’s father for publishing a prayerbook containing the prayer “Aleinu,” which had been forbidden by royal decree. The translation provided here was made by Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein as found in A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987 (2014, Stanford University Press), p. 63-4. The layout of Gele’s prayer follows that of Ezra Korman from his anthology of Jewish women’s poetry, Yiddishe Dikhterins, also the source of the page image provided. If you know the location of a copy or digital scan of this siddur, please contact us.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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18th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Brandenburg-Prussia, children's prayers, colophon, Halle, גאולה geūlah (redemption), תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Kathryn Hellerstein (translation), Gele bat Moshe and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Gebet einer Handelsfrau | Prayer for a merchant woman, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

“Gebet einer Handelsfrau (Prayer for a merchant woman)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №40 on p. 129-132 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows that of Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on p. 110-112.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, 🌐 International Women's Day (March 8th)

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

Contributor(s):

Pereẓ (Peter) Beer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Hymn of Praise, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Hymn of praise” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in Essays and Miscellanies (1853), in the section “Sacred Communings,” pp. 184-185. In the UK edition of Sacred Communings (1853) the prayer appears with small variations of spelling and punctuation on pages 102-103. This prayer at the conclusion of an as yet unidentified writing project seems to me to be possibly related to her “Prayer (Father of mercies),” a prayer of gratitude at the commencement of a writing project.

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Learning, Study, and School, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, wards against excessive pride, writing

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for a Blessing on Daily Pursuits, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Prayer for a Blessing on Daily Pursuits” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in Essays and Miscellanies (1853), in the section “Sacred Communings,” pp. 227-228.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, self-reflection, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer [at the commencement of a writing project] (Father of mercies), by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s)

“Prayer (Father of mercies)” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in Essays and Miscellanies (1853), in the section “Sacred Communings,” pp. 219-221. In the UK edition of Sacred Communings (1853) the prayer appears with small variations of spelling and punctuation on pages 132-134. This prayer at the commencement of an as yet unidentified writing project seems to me to be possibly related to her “Hymn of Praise,” a prayer of gratitude at the culmination of a writing project.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Self-Reflection

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, wards against excessive pride, writing

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Prayer for Wisdom on] Saturday Night, by Grace Aguilar (25 February 1837)

“Saturday night, Feb. 25, 1837” by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in Essays and Miscellanies (1853), in the section “Sacred Communings,” pp. 208-210. In the UK edition of Sacred Communings (1853) the prayer appears with small variations of spelling and punctuation on pages 124-126.

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Learning, Study, and School, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Grace Aguilar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for those who are unavoidably prevented from keeping the Sabbath, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Prayer for those who are unavoidably prevented from keeping the Sabbath” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 20-21.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov

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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 Leaving School and Beginning Apprenticeship, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“On Leaving School and Beginning Apprenticeship” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 21-22.

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Learning, Study, and School, 🌐 International Women's Day (March 8th), Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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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 Ending Apprenticeship and Beginning Paid Work, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“On Ending Apprenticeship and Beginning Paid Work” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 22-23.

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🌐 International Women's Day (March 8th), Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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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)

A Prayer for Girls entering Domestic Service, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“A Prayer for Girls entering Domestic Service” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), page 24.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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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)

Meditation on Work, by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Meditation on Work” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 5-6.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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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)

Morning Prayer [before Work], by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Morning Prayer” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 7-8.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Addenda

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

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Night Prayer [after Work], by Lilian Helen Montagu (1895)

“Night Prayer” was written by Lilian Helen Montagu and published in Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895), pp. 9-10.

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Bedtime Shema, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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

Contributor(s):

Lilian Helen Montagu and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Prayer, by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy (1902)

“A Prayer” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 209.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Travel

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and J. Leonard Levy

Onward! — a hymn by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy (1902)

“Onward!”, a hymn by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 217.

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Learning, Study, and School, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah,

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers concerning children, progress, תקון עולם tiqqun olam

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and J. Leonard Levy

Trustfulness, a hymn by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy (1902)

“Trustfulness” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 223.

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Learning, Study, and School, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah,

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., אמונה emunah, English vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and J. Leonard Levy

כַּוָּנָה לִפְנֵי עֲבוֹדָה בְּאַדְמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ | Kavvanah before working with the holy soil of Erets Yisrael, by Rabbi Shalom Ḥayyim Sharabi (ca. 1911)

A kavvanah for focusing one’s intention before working with the soil of Erets Yisrael.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, 🇮🇱 Yom haNətiōt (Planting Day), Planting, 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Early Religious Zionism, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, farming, Prayers for Planting, Prayers of Jewish Farmers, Problematic prayers, Shami, Yemenite Aliyah, Yemenite Jewry

Contributor(s):

Shalom Ḥayyim Sharabi and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

For the Day’s Round in Camp, a prayer for soldiers by Rev. Howard A. Bridgman adapted by Rabbi Morris Lazaron (1918)

“[Prayer] for the Day’s Round in camp,” a variation of a prayer by Rev. Howard A. Bridgman (1860-1929), is found adapted (without Christian god-language) by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron in his World War Ⅰ era prayerbook, Side Arms: Readings, Prayers and Meditations for Soldiers and Sailors (1918), on pages 24-25. The original version of the prayer was first published in The Service Song Book (Young Men’s Christian Associations, 1917), pp. 82-83 in the abridged edition.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Addenda

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, military, מוסר mussar, prayers of military chaplains, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Morris Samuel Lazaron, Howard Allen Bridgman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Immortality (CCAR 1923)

“Immortality” is the thirty-third prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 111-114.

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Dying, the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, resurrection, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown and Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]

Alike Before God (CCAR 1923)

“Alike Before God” is the forty-eighth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 158-160.

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st)

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., בצלם אלהים btselem Elohim, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, exhortation, interfaith prayer, teḥinot in English, universalist prayers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown and Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]

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