tagged: Angelic Protection • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Nachtgebet eines Kindes | Night prayer of a child [for the Bedtime Shema], by Lise Tarlau (1907)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Lise Tarlau

“Nachtgebet eines Kindes” by Lise Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1907), page 30. . . .

A nő imája férjéért | A woman’s prayer for her husband, by Rabbi Arnold Kiss (1897)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Arnold Kiss

This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for the well-being of a husband by their wife, “A nő imája férjéért,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.246-248. It doesn’t appear to me to have been translated in the subsequent German edition (1907). I’ve set my English translation side-by-side with the Magyar. –Aharon Varady . . .

[Prayer] for the Day of Atonement, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Moritz Mayer

A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement on Yom Kippurim. . . .

Prière du père et de la mère le jour de l’initiation de leur enfant | Prayer of the father and mother on the day of their child’s initiation (as a Bar/Bat Mitsvah), by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer offered by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .

Prière du soir pour un enfant | A Child’s Evening Prayer, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

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

An evening, bedtime prayer for children. . . .

Bénédiction des parents sur leurs enfants — Imposition des mains | Parents’ blessing on their children. — Laying of hands (on a Bar/Bat Mitsvah), by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

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

A blessing given by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . .

Prière pour une personne qui se met en voyage | Prayer on behalf of a person who goes on a journey, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer on behalf of a friend or relative on their travels. . . .

Prière quand on se met en voyage | Prayer when you go on a journey, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

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

A prayer for travel. . . .

A Description of my Dreams, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1848)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

The poem, “A Description of my Dreams” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was written in September 1849 and first published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate Vol. 6:4, Tamuz 5608, July 1848, p.175-177. . . .

The Angels’ Vigil, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1848)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

The poem, “The Angels’ Vigil” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was written in April 12, 1848 and first published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate 6:3, Sivan 5608, June 1848, p. 127-128. . . .

תפלה נוראה מרבי ישׁמעאל כהן הגדול | The Awesome Prayer of Rebbi Yishmael, the Kohen Gadol (Sefer Shem Tov Qatan 1706)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Anonymous (translation), Binyamin Benisch ben Yehudah Loeb ha-Kohen and Unknown Author(s)

A prayer for protection and blessing offered in the name of of Rebbi Yishmael from the Sefer Shem Tov Qatan. . . .

קמע לשמירה מפני לילית | Apotropaic ward for the protection of pregnant women and infants against Lilith & her minions (CUL MS General 194, Montgomery 1913 Amulet No. 42)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), James Alan Montgomery (translation), Richard Gottheil (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

An apotropaic ward for the protection of women in their pregnancy and of infant children against an attack from Lilith and her minions, containing the story witnessing her oath to the prophet, Eliyahu along with one variation of her many names. . . .

מימיני מיכאל | “Mikhael is on my right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Bedtime Shema from the Maḥzor Vitry (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene, Dalia Marx and Simḥah ben Shmuel of Vitry

An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . .

הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל | Hamavdil Bein Ḳodesh l’Ḥol (abridged), a piyyut attributed to Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi (ca. 11th c.)

Contributor(s):

Akiva Sanders (translation) and Yitsḥak ben Yehudah Ibn Ghayyāth HaLevi

The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation. . . .

כשיוצא אדם בלילה | When a person goes out at night: an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene, Dalia Marx and Amram Ben Rav Sheshna

An apotropaic prayer of protection for traveling at night containing an “angels on all sides” formula. . . .

מִימִינִי מִיכָאֵל | “Mikhael is on my right,” the angelic invocation for divine protection from the Ḳriyat Shema al haMitah

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

The “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in many contemporary siddurim. . . .

מה אלו | “Who are these?” — the Origin of the Angels of Healing: Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Semanglof, as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira (ca. late first millennium)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

The origin story of Lilith as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira. . . .

גבריאל מימינהון | “Gavriel is on the right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the amulet bowl SD12 (ca. mid-first millennium C.E.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene and Dalia Marx

The text and translation of an amulet bowl discussed in “‘Gabriel is on their Right’: Angelic Protection in Jewish Magic and Babylonian Lore” by Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, and Siam Bharyo in Studia Mesopotamica (Band 1: 2014) pp.185-198. The apotropaic ward found in the amulet bowl, SD 12, contains an “angels on all sides” formula similar to that appearing in the Jewish liturgy of the bedtime shema. . . .

היסטוריולה של סממית וסידרוס | Historiola of Smamit and Sideros, a reconstruction based on Amulet 15 & Amulet Bowl 12a

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

A very old tale told for the protection of pregnant women and their infant children as found in amulets from late Antiquity. . . .