tagged: apotropaic rituals of protection • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Für Scheni chamischi scheni | For (customary fasts on) the Monday, Thursday, and the following Monday (after Pesaḥ & Sukkot), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro

Categories:

Voluntary Fasts

Tags:

German Jewry, apotropaic prayers of protection, apotropaic rituals of protection, 19th century C.E., protection, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, German vernacular prayer

“Für Scheni chamischi scheni” was written by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №55, on pp. 98-100. . . .

מעשה טוביה ליום שני של שבועות | The Story of Toḇiyah for the second day of Shavuot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Moses Gaster (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Megillot, Shavuot Readings

Tags:

Tobit, mysterious fish, Ashmodai, שדים sheydim, derivative work, Hebrew translation, 2nd century B.C.E., 36th century A.M., tithing, apotropaic rituals of protection

The story of Toviah (Tobit) in Hebrew translation, in an abridged version arranged for public reading on the second day of Shavuot. . . .