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The Merit of Our Mothers
A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women's Prayers

Tracy Guren Klirs 		The tkhines, prayers and devotions for Jewish women, originated in the world of premodern Ashkenazic Jewry and represent one of the richest and least-known forms of Jewish religious literature. Because modern sensibility seemed to reject them and because they were written in Yiddish, a language quickly forgotten by second and third generation Jews in the West, they have been sadly neglected. Although a few have been translated into English, this is the first bilingual anthology ever to appear.
This volume is not meant to be a contribution to the scholarly literature. The intention has rather been to make a significant sample of this rich literature available to men and women, especially but not exclusively Jews, who may find in it not only an importnat historical example of Jewish women's spirituality, but also a vehicle for their own devotions.		 Tkhine for Lighting Candles

Tkhine for Having Children

Women who Have Bad Luck with Children Should Recite this Tkhine

Tkhine for when One's Husband is Travelling

Tkhine for a Pregnant Woman that She Not Miscarry

Tkhine for a Mother to Say after the Bris
 
Published by Hebrew Union College Press

$16.95s paper / ISBN 0-87820-505-5

148 pages

1992