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English vernacular prayer —⟶ tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A prayer reflecting on the meaning of the Sabbath day. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer Previous to Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 58. “Domestic Prayer of Thanksgiving After Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 58-59. A prayer of a mother grieving over the death of her child. “Exercise for a Wife who is married to an irreligious Husband” appears on pages 131-132 of רֻחָמָה (Ruḥamah): Devotional Exercises for the Use of the Daughters of Israel (1852) edited by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1798–1868). The prayer appears unique to this collection which otherwise contain selections from the teḥinot anthologies in German of Meir Letteris (1800-1871), Max Emanuel Stern (1811-1873), and Yehoshua Heshil Miro. If you know of another collection from which this prayer first appeared, please leave a comment or contact us. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, irreligiosity, Jewish Women's Prayers, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer and Thanksgiving, On Going to the Synagogue for the First Time After Confinement” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 59-61. A prayer of a person dying and imagining their possible afterlife. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, עולם הבא Olam Haba, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer on the Sabbath of Naming a New Born Daughter” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 63. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., baby daughters, English vernacular prayer, gender roles, infants, Jewish Women's Prayers, naming, naming ceremonies, Parents blessing children, prayers concerning children, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “Prayer for Departed Souls (הזכרת נשמות)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 40-42. A prayer of a person suffering under grievous injuries and dying. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her brother. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., cemetery prayers, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for siblings, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A prayer for the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, night, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A paraliturgical prayer for the New Month offered on Shabbat Mevorkhim. This prayer is found in conclusion to “A Sermon Delivered on Thanksgiving Day (November 25, 1852) Before the Congregation Mikvé Israel at their Synagogue in Cherry Street by the Rev. S. Morais, Reader of the Congregation,” pp. 10-11. This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, before the Legislature of the State of New York, in the State Assembly (on Tuesday, the 13th of January or Thursday the 15th of January 1852), and in the State Senate (on Monday the 12th, Wednesday the 14th, or Friday the 16th). The prayer was published in The Asmonean (30 January 1852), in a letter dated 20 January from a correspondent identified only under the pseudonym “Bassist.” This prayer is one of two prayers offered in the letter. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, New York, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Prayers of Guest Chaplains Contributor(s): This is one of three opening prayers offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise, before the Legislature of the State of New York, in the State Assembly (on Tuesday, the 13th of January or Thursday the 15th of January 1852), and in the State Senate (on Monday the 12th, Wednesday the 14th, or Friday the 16th). The prayer was published in The Asmonean (30 January 1852), in a letter dated 20 January from a correspondent identified only under the pseudonym “Bassist.” This prayer is one of two prayers offered in the letter. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, New York, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Prayers of Guest Chaplains Contributor(s): This prayer for the government of a Republic (in contradistinction to a Kingdom) was offered in a Letter to the Editor by Abraham Prince (as “A. Prince”), an optician representing their Boston congregation, Ohabei Shalom.[foot]For more on Abraham Prince, Ohabei Shalom, and Boston’s early Jewish community, find “Boston: A Close Community” by Robert P. Swierenga in The Forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora (2018).[/foot] The prayer appeared in The Asmonean (26 November 1852), on page 5. At the time, reformist minded rabbis and congregations in the United States were interested in liturgical alternatives to the form of the prayer for the government found in Hanotén Teshu’ah, to more pointedly or appropriately signal their approval of the representative government that guaranteed their minority rights and equal representation under the Constitution. “Song” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), p. 65. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, invisible sun, Prayers as poems Contributor(s): “A Wish” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), pp. 66-68. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems Contributor(s): “Future Happiness” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in her bound collections of poetry, Poems (1853), p. 35-39. Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, עולם הבא Olam Haba, Prayers as poems Contributor(s): | ||
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