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. . . .

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Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Homes & Community Centers

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Angelic Protection, Angels of Healing, apotropaic prayers of protection, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi, entering magical territory, epical narrative as ward, historiola, infants, קמעות ḳame'ot, prayers concerning children, prayers for pregnant women, prophylactic

Contributor(s):

James Alan Montgomery (translation), Richard Gottheil (transcription), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Prayer for a Pregnant Woman to Say when She Wishes for an Easy Labor (ca. early 17th c.)

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating her childbirth. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., childbirth, first person, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing Attribution, Needing Source Images, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

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Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Delightful Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman to Say (ca. early 17th c.)

A prayer of a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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17th century C.E., 54th century A.M., childbirth, first person, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing Attribution, Needing Source Images, pregnancy, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, וידוים viduyim, Yiddish vernacular prayer

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Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Prayer for a Woman before giving birth, from a Seder Tkhines (ca. 1640-1720)

A prayer for a pregnant woman anticipating childbirth, from an unidentified volume of the Seder Tkhines (circa 1640-1720). . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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17th century C.E., 55th century A.M., first person, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing Attribution, Needing Source Images, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

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Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Gebet] in den letzten Monaten der Schwangerschaft | Prayer in the last months of pregnancy, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

“[Gebet] In den letzten Monaten der Schwangerschaft (Prayer in the last months of pregnancy)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №61 on pp. 173-175 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №61 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 148-150. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №62 on p. 147-149. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for pregnant women, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Pereẓ (Peter) Beer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Gebet] nach der Entbindung | Prayer after the childbirth, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

“[Gebet] Nach der Entbindung (Prayer after the childbirth)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №62 on pp. 175-177 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №62 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 150-151. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №63 on p. 149-150. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., childbirth, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Pereẓ (Peter) Beer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Gebet einer Shwangern | Prayer of a pregnant woman, a teḥinah by Pereẓ Beer (1815)

“Gebet einer Shwangern (Prayer for a pregnant woman)” was first published in Pereẓ (Peter) Beer’s Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion (1815), as teḥinah №60 on pp. 172-173 where it was rendered in Judeo-German. The German rendering transcribed above follows teḥinah №60 in Henry Frank’s 1839 edition on pp. 147-148. A variation can also be found in Beer’s 1843 edition as teḥinah №61 on p. 146-147. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, prayers for pregnant women, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, Teḥinot in German

Contributor(s):

Pereẓ (Peter) Beer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Wenn eine Frau den stiel vom Esrog ausbeißt | When a woman bites the pitom from the etrog, by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Wenn eine Frau den stiel vom Esrog ausbeißt” 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 №51, on pp. 73-74. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №52, on pp. 91-92. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №55, on pp. 96-97. . . .

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Hoshana Rabba, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, the pitom of the etrog, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Yehoshua Heshil Miro

Am Fasttage des neunten Monats | [Prayer] on the Fast day of Asarah b’Tevet (עשׂרה בטבת), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Am Fasttage des neunten Monats. עשׂרה בטבת” 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 №55, on pp. 81-82. In the 1835 and 1842 editions, it appears as teḥinah №57, on pp. 103-104. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

[Gebet] Zur Zeit der Niederkunft | Prayer at the time of childbirth, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“[Gebet] Zur Zeit der Niederkunft” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №58 on pp. 84-85. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №60 on pp. 106-108. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №63 on pp. 111-113. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Wenn eine Frau aus dem Wochenbette aufsteht | When a woman rises from her postpartum bed, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Wenn eine Frau aus dem Wochenbette aufsteht” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №60 on pp. 86-87. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №62 on pp. 109-110. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №65 on pp. 114-115. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

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Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Gebet für eine schwangere Frau | Prayer for a pregnant woman, a teḥinah by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1829)

“Gebet für eine schwangere Frau” was translated/adapted by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion. It first appears in the 1829 edition, תחנות Teḥinot ein Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauenzimmer mosaischer Religion as teḥinah №57 on pp. 83-84. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №59 on p. 106. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №62 on pp. 111. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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

Contributor(s):

Andreas Rusterholz (transcription), Yehoshua Heshil Miro and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

תחנה אױף קינדער האבין (פאר א אִשָׁה װאָס האָט ניט קײַן קינדער)‏ | Tkhine for Having Children for a Woman who Has No Children (ca. 1840)

A prayer for a childless woman seeking to conception. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., conception, fertility, first person, Jewish Women's Prayers, Needing Transcription, pregnancy, תחינות teḥinot, תחינות tkhines, Yiddish vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Norman Tarnor (translation), Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer Previous to Confinement, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“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. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

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Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Domestic Prayer of Thanksgiving After Confinement, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“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. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

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Marcus Heinrich Bresslau 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. . . .

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Hoshana Rabba, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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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)

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. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer on the Sabbath of Naming a New Born Daughter, by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“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. . . .

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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

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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):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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