tagged: קמעות ḳame'ot • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

בִּרְכָּת הָבָּיִת | Birkat haBayit (Blessing for the Home)

Contributor(s):

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

The Birkat Habayit is perhaps the most popular blessing in the Jewish world, appearing as a hanging amulet inside the entrance of many houses of Jews of all streams. I have added niqud to the blessing and I am very grateful to Gabriel Wasserman for his corrections to my vocalization. . . .

קמע לשמירת המגפה | Amulet for Protection from the Plague, attributed to Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (ca. 19th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) and Moshe Teitelbaum

A popular prophylactic amulet in the event of an epidemic. . . .

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. . . .

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 . . .