This tekhina (supplication) upon candlelighting for Shavuot in Hebrew and Yiddish appears in the Maḥzor for Shavuot Rav Peninim (Vilna 1911) although we are uncertain whether it first appeared here. We welcome your help in correctly attributing and translating it. . . .
A prayer for sustaining empathy and awareness of others’ needs through the vicissitudes of life and labor. . . .
The poem, Hatikvah, in its original composition by Naphtali Herz Imber, later chosen and adapted to become the national anthem of the State of Israel. . . .
A meditation on prayer and earnest offering. . . .
A rhymed paraliturgical translation of the prayer over sleeping. . . .
This is a transcription, vocalization, and translation of a manuscript of a prayer for peace in Europe held in the collection of the Columbia University Library. The prayer is undated but the language of the prayer and the use of Italian indicate to me that this was a prayer made by an Italian Jewish community during either the first Italian War of Independence 1848-9, or one of the two succeeding wars in 1860 and 1870. . . .
Before HaTikvah was chosen, Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik’s “People’s Blessing” (בִּרְכַּת עָם, also known by its incipit תֶחֱזַֽקְנָה Teḥezaqnah) was once considered for the State of Israel’s national anthem. Bialik was 21 years old when he composed the work in 1894. It later was chosen as the anthem of the Labor Zionist movement. We hereby present the first ever complete English translation of this poem. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Fanny Schmiedl-Neuda
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Categories:  Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Tags:  19th century C.E., yamim noraim, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Teḥinot in German, German vernacular prayer, Bohemian Jewry, cemetery prayers, memento mori, סעודה המפסקת seudah hamafseket, erev yom kippur 
A prayer offered on erev Rosh haShanah or Yom Kippur to visit the local Jewish cemetery. . . .
A meditation on Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippurim. . . .
A prayer on entering a new habitation or dedication for a new home by Rabbi Isaac Henry Myers of Ramsgate. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Mordecai Kaplan
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Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Roleplaying, Tishah b'Av
Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Psalms 5, English vernacular prayer, false piety, religious hypocrisy, labor exploitation, Ḥillul Hashem, corruption, improper use of the crown, communal shame, difference disagreement and deviance, tolerance and intolerance, inclusion and exclusion 
“That Religion Be Not a Cloak for Hypocrisy,” by Rabbi Mordecai Menaḥem Kaplan can be found on p. 435-5 of his The Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945). . . .
A religious Zionist national anthem composed by Rav Kook in response to the secular Zionist Hatikvah. . . .
A prayer on behalf of one’s congregation and the worldwide community of Israelites. . . .
A prayer of a woman contemplating her relationship with her husband in marriage. . . .
A prayer of a woman and mother who has lost her husband and is contemplating desperate circumstances. . . .
A prayer of a daughter for mourning on the yortseit of one or both of her parents. . . .
A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement in the final service of Yom Kippur at sunset. . . .
A prayer for a woman celebrating Shmini Atseret. . . .
A prayer for a woman celebrating Purim. . . .
A prayer for a woman celebrating the final days of Passover yontef. . . .
A prayer of a “young maiden” — a girl before her bat mitsvah. . . .
A prayer of a woman following the birth of her infant child. . . .
A prayer of a pregnant woman before she goes into labor. . . .
A prayer of an orphan after the death of one or both of her parents. . . .
A prayer for a daughter mounrning at the grave of her mother. . . .
A prayer for a woman mounrning at the grave of her child. . . .
A prayer for a woman visiting the grave of her brother or sister. . . .
A prayer for the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. . . .
A prayer before going to sleep at night. . . .
A meditation on the life and person of Mosheh Rabbeinu for the 7th of Adar. . . .
A paraliturgical prayer for the New Moon on Rosh Ḥodesh. . . .
A paraliturgical prayer for the New Month offered on Shabbat Mevorkhim. . . .
A prayer reflecting on the meaning of the Sabbath day. . . .
A prayer of a mother grieving over the death of her child. . . .
A prayer of a person suffering under grievous injuries and dying. . . .
A prayer of a person dying and imagining their possible afterlife. . . .
A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her sister. . . .
A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her brother. . . .
A prayer of a wife grieving over the death of her husband. . . .
A prayer of a person who has lost their parent or parents. . . .
A prayer for the Sabbath day. . . .
A prayer for a young woman on her Bat Mitsvah on becoming responsible for observing her mitsvot. . . .
A prayer for a mother on the day of her son’s circumcision. . . .
A prayer for a young woman on her Bat Mitsvah. . . .
A prayer of a daughter on the yahrzeit of her mother or father. . . .
A prayer by a daughter on behalf of her parents. . . .
A prayer of gratitude on a regular birthday. . . .
A prayer for the sixth day of the week. . . .
A prayer for the fifth day of the week. . . .
A prayer for the fourth day of the week. . . .
A prayer for the third day of the week. . . .
A prayer for the second day of the week. . . .
A prayer upon rising in the morning. . . .
A prayer for the Sabbath Day. . . .
A rhyming evening prayer in English for young Jewish children. . . .
A rhyming morning prayer in English for young Jewish children. . . .
A prayer for parnassah (livelihood) for someone impoverished or in danger of poverty. . . .
A prayer during an event of immanent communal danger and distress. . . .
A paraliturgical prayer for cultivating humility modeled after the morning prayer, Ribon haOlamim. . . .
A birkat hamazon for children. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron
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Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: 19th century C.E., school, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., French Jewry, children's prayers, French vernacular prayer, children's education 
A prayer for children after school. . . .
A child’s prayer for the well-being of their parents. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron
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Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: 19th century C.E., school, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., French Jewry, children's prayers, French vernacular prayer, children's education 
A prayer for children before school. . . .
An evening, bedtime prayer for children. . . .
A morning prayer for children. . . .
A prayer of a mother on her son’s wedding day. . . .
A prayer of a mother on her daughter’s wedding day. . . .
A supplicatory prayer on a personal or individual fast day not designated in the Jewish calendar. . . .
A prayer for intra-national peace, post WWI. . . .
A prayer in severe distress. . . .
A prayer of a woman experiencing desperation under difficult circumstances. . . .
A piyyut in honor of the Torah. . . .
“Where We Can Find God,” a prayer-poem inspired by passages appearing in David Frishman’s Hebrew translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. . . .
A morning prayer for young girls composed in Magyar and published in 1930, with English translation. . . .
A prayer for a sibling embarking on a journey to another land or lands. . . .
A paraliturgical Mah Tovu, in French with English translation. . . .
Based upon the Seder Teḥinot al Bet Almin, by Rabbi Yaaqov Sinna (ca. 1615), a collection of teḥinot for when visiting the graves of loved ones, as well as additional prayers for sick relatives and for women approaching childbirth. . . .
A collection of teḥinot, in English, edited by Rabbi Simon Glazer. . . .
A prayer offered by a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .
A blessing given by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .
A prayer offered by the tutors of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .
A prayer offered by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .
A preliminary prayer offered by a Bar or Bat Mitsvah before they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .
A prayer for when traveling conditions become perilous on an ocean voyage. . . .
A prayer on Erev Shabbat upon lighting the Shabbes Candles, in French with English translation. . . .
A supplication of a mother for her sick infant child. . . .
A poem describing the ascent and death of the Tannaitic sage, Shimon ben Azzai. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Moritz Mayer
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Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, infants, prayers concerning children, childhood illness, English vernacular prayer, Prayers for Children, Prayers of Parental Guardians 
A mother’s prayer for an ill infant or child. . . .
Contributor(s): Daniel Kahn (translation), Yeva Lapsker (translation), Patrick Farrell (translation), Sveta Kundish (translation) and Shlomo Shmulevitz
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Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 20th century C.E., זמירות zemirot, 57th century A.M., Epidemic, Yiddish songs, Pandemic, 1889–1890 flu pandemic, Tuberculosis 
A song in Yiddish bemoaning the suffering brought about in an epidemic. . . .
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An elegy by Walt Whitman for President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . .
Walt Whitman’s famous poem eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination, in English with Hebrew translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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Categories: Shabbat Məvorkhim, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet
Tags: 19th century C.E., תחינות tkhines, new moon, שבת מבורכים shabbat mevorkhim, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, Yiddish vernacular prayer, Bilhah, paraliturgical birkat haḥodesh, Pisces, Naphtali, Mazal Dagim, Mordekhai, Esther, Haman, Needing Transcription 
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֺדֶשׁ אַדָר (“Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Adar [II]”) which appeared in תחנות מקרא קודש (Teḥinot Miqra Qodesh, Widow and Brothers Romm, Vilna 1877). English translation adapted slightly from Techinas: A Voice from the Heart “As Only A Woman Can Pray” by Rivka Zakutinsky (Aura Press, 1992). –A.N. Varady . . .
The poem, “Twilight” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 7:5, Ab 5609/August 1849, p.245. . . .
The poem, “Night” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident 3:11, Shebat 5606, February 1846. . . .
To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of Psalms 1 from תהילים או לוס סאלמוס ; טריסלאד’אד’וס דיל לשון הקדש אין לה לינגואה ספרדית (Tehillim, or the Psalms, translated from the Holy language [Hebrew] into the Sephardic language, Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit 1852/3) from a digital copy made available by the Sephardic Studies Collection at the University of Washington. Please join me in making a complete transcription of this Ladino translation of Psalms. –Aharon N. Varady . . .
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Norman Tarnor (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
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Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
Tags: 20th century C.E., תחינות tkhines, first person, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, fertility, conception, pregnancy, Needing Transcription 
A prayer for a childless woman seeking to conception. . . .
A supplication of a wife for the recovery of her ill husband. . . .
A supplicatory prayer on behalf of an ill mother or father by their child. . . .
A child’s prayer for someone suffering from an illness. . . .
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