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tag: Angelic Protection Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A very old tale told for the protection of pregnant women and their infant children as found in amulets from late Antiquity. . . . Categories: Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Homes & Community Centers, Theurgy Tags: amulet bowls, Angelic Protection, Angels, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, cold iron, entering magical territory, epical narrative as ward, historiola, infants, iron in folklore, קמעות ḳame'ot, Late Antiquity, prayers concerning children, prayers for pregnant women, prophylactic Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: amulet bowls, קמעות qame'ot (amulets), Angelic Protection, Angels, apotropaic prayers of protection, mid-first millennium CE, prophylactic, שכינה Shekhinah Contributor(s): The origin story of Lilith as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira. . . . Categories: Tags: Angelic Protection, Angels, Angels of Healing, entering magical territory, epical narrative as ward, geonic period, historiola, infants, קמעות ḳame'ot, origin stories, prayers for pregnant women, prophylactic Contributor(s): The “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in many contemporary siddurim. . . . Categories: Tags: Angelic Protection, Angels, apotropaic prayers of protection, Before Sleep, danger, night, שכינה Shekhinah, sleep Contributor(s): An apotropaic prayer of protection for traveling at night containing an “angels on all sides” formula. . . . Categories: Tags: 47th century A.M., 9th century C.E., Angelic Protection, Angels, apotropaic prayers of protection, danger, mid-first millennium CE, night, שכינה Shekhinah, traveler Contributor(s): The short form of the piyyut for motsei shabbat, with English translation. . . . An “angels on all sides” formula included with the Bedtime Shema service in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . . Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Angels, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, Before Sleep, danger, night, שכינה Shekhinah, sleep Contributor(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. . . . Categories: Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Homes & Community Centers Tags: Angelic Protection, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi, entering magical territory, epical narrative as ward, historiola, infants, קמעות ḳame'ot, prayers concerning children, prayers for pregnant women, prophylactic Contributor(s): A prayer for protection and blessing offered in the name of of Rebbi Yishmael from the Sefer Shem Tov Qatan. . . . Categories: Tags: 18th century C.E., 55th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Angels, entering magical territory, Needing Vocalization Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, dreams, English Romanticism, Prayers as poems, sleep Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, dreams, English Romanticism, Prayers as poems, sleep Contributor(s): A prayer for travel. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A blessing given by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, hand laying, Parents blessing children, prayers for adolescents, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A prayer on behalf of a friend or relative on their travels. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Prière du soir pour un enfant | A Child’s Evening Prayer, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)An evening, bedtime prayer for children. . . . A prayer offered by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement on Yom Kippurim. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): 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 . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Hungarian Jewry, Jewish Women's Prayers, Magyar vernacular prayer, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in Magyar Contributor(s): “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. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Angelic Protection, Angels, apotropaic prayers of protection, children's prayers, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, שמע shemaŋ, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German Contributor(s): | ||
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