Beim Lichtzünden | When kindling the lights (for Shabbat and Yontef), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Wenn die Hausfrau an den Vorabenden des Sabaths und der Feiertage die Lichte anzündet” 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 original 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion, it appears as teḥinah №13, on pp. 17-18. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it appears as teḥinah №13 on pp. 20-21.

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Erev Shabbat

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, kindling, Light, shabbat preparation, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Kavvanot when Washing One’s Body Before Shabbes, by Eyal Raviv

This is pre-Shabbos reflection that can be done in a shower or bath. Shabbat is a time when I am less focused on my selfish desires and instead my thoughts drift to my place in the larger community and world. I find myself doing some version of this before Shabbos most weeks and am welcome for the time to reflect on truly what it is to cease from lay work and consider the work that needs to be done to make the world a better place.

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Erev Shabbat, Immersion (Purification)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., all bodies, bathing ritual, English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, North America, shabbat preparation, shower ritual, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Eyal Raviv