📖 רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל־בָּנֶיהָ | Rokhl M'vako al Boneho: A Nayye Shas Tekhine :: Raḥel Weeps for Her Children: A New Collection of Teḥinot (Vilna 1910)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=22300

Date: 2018-10-26

Last Updated: 2025-03-26

Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Excerpt: A compilation of Jewish women's prayers in Yiddish published in Vilna in 1910, with prayers attributed to Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil, a Jewish woman living in Jerusalem. . . .

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Rokhl M’vako al Boneho is a compilation of Jewish women’s prayers in Yiddish published in Vilna in 1910, with prayers attributed to Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil, a Jewish woman living in Jerusalem. The phrase “Rokhl M’vako al Boneho” is from Jeremiah 31:15.

This digital scan of Rokhl M’vako al Boneho was prepared by Aharon Varady from a copy held in the collection of the Klau Library (HUC) in Cincinnati, Ohio. The scan was made in order to create faithful transcriptons and translations with direct reference to the original work.

A selection of 13 prayers appearing here were transcribed and translated by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs for her dissertation, later published as בזכות אמהות The Merit of Our Mothers: A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992.

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Index of completed transcriptions and translations

תחנה אײדער אפרויא גײט אין טבילת מצוה | Tkhine for when a Woman Goes to Immerse in the Mikve
דיא װײבּער װאס האבּין אײן שׁװערין מזל צו קינדר זאלין דיא תחנה זאגין | Women who Have Bad Luck with Children Should Recite this Tkhine
א תחנה פאר א כלה קודם החופה | A Tkhine for a Bride [to say] before the Khupe
תחנה פאר אמוטער װאס פירט אקינד אין חדר | Tkhine for a Mother Leading their Child to Religious School
א תחנה פאר א מוטער װאס פירט איהר קינד דעם ערשׁטען מאל אין חדר | Tkhine for a Mother Who Leads their Child for the First Time to Religious School

Contributor: Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil

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  Name: Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil
  Bio: Rokhl Esther bat Aviḥayil is identified as a Jewish woman living in Jerusalem, the compiler or contributor to two collections of teḥinot published in Vilna, in the early 20th century. Little else so far is known of her.
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  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/rokhl-esther-bat-avihayil
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  Name: Unknown Author(s)
  Bio: Sometimes the best we can do in attributing a historical work is to indicate the period and place it was written, the first prayer book it may have been printed in, or the archival collection in which the manuscript was found. We invite the public to help to attribute all works to their original composers. If you know something not mentioned in the commentary offered, please leave a comment or contact us.
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  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/unknown

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