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תחינות teḥinot —⟶ tag: תחינות teḥinot Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? “Meditation on Immortality” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 43. . . . Categories: Dying Actions de graces après un événement heu-reux | Thanksgiving after a joyful reprieve, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer of gratitude after a dangerous and distressing situation is resolved for the good. . . . Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving Prière après l’instruction | A Child’s Prayer After School, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer for children after school. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School A prayer for the first day of the week. . . . Categories: Sunday Prière après l’initiation | Prayer after initiation (of a Bar/Bat Mitsvah), by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer offered by a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers A prayer for the second day of the week. . . . Categories: Monday A prayer of gratitude on a regular birthday. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers Prière pour une personne qui se met en voyage | Prayer on behalf of a person who goes on a journey, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer on behalf of a friend or relative on their travels. . . . Categories: Travel Bénédiction des parents sur leurs enfants — Imposition des mains | Parents’ blessing on their children. — Laying of hands (on a Bar/Bat Mitsvah), by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A blessing given by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers A prayer of a person who has lost their parent or parents. . . . Categories: Mourning A prayer by a daughter on behalf of her parents. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers A prayer for a young woman on her Bat Mitsvah. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers Prière pour Demander la Lumière Divine | A Prayer for Divine Light [upon candlelighting], by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer on Erev Shabbat upon lighting the Shabbes Candles, in French with English translation. . . . Categories: Erev Shabbat Exercise for the Anniversary of a Parent’s Decease (יאָרצײַט), translated by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1852)“Exercise for the Anniversary of a Parent’s Decease, (YahrZeit.)” appears on page 138-139 of רֻחָמָה (Ruḥamah): Devotional Exercises for the Use of the Daughters of Israel (1852) edited by Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall (1798–1868) from selections made from the teḥinot anthologies in German of Meir Letteris (1800-1871), Max Emanuel Stern (1811-1873), and Yehoshua Heshil Miro. . . . Categories: Mourning A prayer of a wife grieving over the death of her husband. . . . Categories: Mourning “Prayer of a Wife for her Husband” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 57. . . . Categories: Marriage A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her sister. . . . Categories: Mourning A paraliturgical prayer for cultivating humility modeled after the morning prayer, Ribon haOlamim. . . . A prayer for the Sabbath day. . . . Categories: Saturday A prayer upon rising in the morning. . . . Categories: Additional Morning Prayers A prayer for the fourth day of the week. . . . Categories: Wednesday “Daily Prayer Against Temptation” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 12-13. . . . Categories: Addenda A prayer before going to sleep at night. . . . Categories: Bedtime Shema A prayer for the third day of the week. . . . Categories: Tuesday A prayer for the sixth day of the week. . . . Categories: Friday Prière du soir pour un enfant | A Child’s Evening Prayer, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)An evening, bedtime prayer for children. . . . Categories: Bedtime Shema A morning prayer for children. . . . Categories: Yotser Or A prayer for the fifth day of the week. . . . Categories: Thursday A prayer reflecting on the meaning of the Sabbath day. . . . Categories: Minḥah l'Shabbat Prière des assistants a l’initiation | Prayer of the (Bar/Bat Mitsvah) tutors at the initiation, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer offered by the tutors of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers “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. . . . Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth “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. . . . Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth A prayer of a mother grieving over the death of her child. . . . Categories: Mourning This tekhina (supplication) upon candlelighting for Shavuot in Hebrew and Yiddish appears in the Maḥzor for Shavuot Rav Peninim (Vilna 1911) although we are uncertain whether it first appeared here. We welcome your help in correctly attributing and translating it. . . . Categories: Shavuot Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., candle lighting, Jewish Women's Prayers, kindling, Needing Attribution, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Torah as intercessor, Yiddish vernacular prayer Contributor(s): Unknown Author(s), Jonah S. Boyarin (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen | Prayer of a pregnant woman on Hoshana Rabbah after saying the blessing over the etrog fruit, a teḥinah by Meïr Letteris (1852)“Gebet einer schwangern Frau, an הושענא רבה, nachdem sie den Segen über die Etrog-Frucht gesprochen.” was translated/adapted by Meïr haLevi Letteris and published in תָּחֲנוּנֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה (Taḥnunei bat Yehudah): Andachtsbuch für Israelitische Frauenzimmer (2nd edition, 1852), pp. 41-42. In 1852, this teḥinah was translated into English (with a short prayer added for children) by Miriam Wertheimer under the title “Prayer for a woman who is about to become a mother, after the benediction of the citron” in Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions (1852), pp. 52-54. . . . Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, the pitom of the etrog, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Miriam Wertheimer (translation), Meïr haLevi Letteris and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) A collection of teḥinot translated, adapted, and republished in English. This is one of the first collections of teḥinot published for an English speaking audience. . . . Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers “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: Marriage “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: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Prayer and Thanksgiving on Going to the Synagogue for the First Time After Confinement, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)“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. . . . Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth A prayer of a person dying and imagining their possible afterlife. . . . Categories: Dying “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. . . . Categories: Mourning A prayer of a person suffering under grievous injuries and dying. . . . Categories: Dying A prayer of a sister mourning at the grave of her brother. . . . Categories: Mourning Prière du père et de la mère le jour de l’initiation de leur enfant | Prayer of the father and mother on the day of their child’s initiation (as a Bar/Bat Mitsvah), by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer offered by the parents of a Bar or Bat Mitsvah after they are confirmed in a public ceremony. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers Prière d’un enfant pour son père et sa mère | A child’s prayer for their parents, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A child’s prayer for the well-being of their parents. . . . Categories: Child care Prière avant l’instruction | A Child’s Prayer Before School, by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)A prayer for children before school. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School A birkat hamazon for children. . . . Categories: Blessings After Eating Prayer on the Ninth Day of Aḇ תשעה באב the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)A prayer for the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. . . . Categories: Tishah b'Av A paraliturgical prayer for the New Month offered on Shabbat Mevorkhim. . . . Categories: Shabbat Məvorkhim “Prayer for the First Days of Passover (פסח)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), pp. 20-21. . . . Categories: Pesaḥ Yamei Ḥag | ||
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