tagged: Angels of Healing • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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. . . .

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. . . .

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. . . .

אסו ית ארסינואי | Two healing prayers for Arsinoë’s recovery (Amulets 80.AM.55.1 & 80.AM.55.2, J. Paul Getty Museum)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Roy Kotansky (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

Healing prayers written on a pair of amulets for the recovery of a woman named Arsinoë . . .