Seyder Tkhines: The Forgotten Book of Common Prayer for Jewish Women

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Pronunciation ofYiddish and Hebrew Words xiii PART ONE Commentary Chapter 1 INTRODUCINGTKHINES 3 Chapter 2 PROFIT AND PRAYER:WOMEN AND A UNIQUE PAN-EUROPEAN PRINTING INDUSTRY 15 Chapter 3 THE SEYDERTKHINES: A BOOK FOR A MESSIANIC AGE 33 Chapter 4 SEYDERTKHINES:DEFINITIONS 49 Chapter 5 SIDE BY SIDE BY SEYDER 71 Chapter 6 A RARE MANUSCRIPT LOST AND FOUND: BOOK OFTKHINES FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN 87 Chapter 7 OTHERYIDDISH PRAYERS AND RELIGIOUS SONGS ANDTHEIR AUTHORS 95 Chapter 8 SEYDERTKHINES INTHETWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:THE MESSIANIC INHERITANCE 113 PART TWO Prayers in T ranslation THE SEYDERTKHINES 125 DailyTkhines 125 SabbathTkhines 148 NideTkhines 157 vii Fast-DayTkhines 165 Four GravesideTkhines 175 NewYear and Day of AtonementTkhines 181 BOOK OF TKHINES FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN 185 SINGLE PRAYERS AND SONGS IN TKHINE LANGUAGE 217 Sabbath prayer. Khane Kats 217 How good (MaToyvu). Khane Kats 219 SimkhesToyre song. Rivke Tiktiner 221 A tkhine to be said before Kedushe. Beyle Hurvits 224 A song of theTen Commandments. Sheyndele 225 Song (Lid). Yankev ben Elyohu 230 Father,King. Toybe Pan 236 Daily tkhine (An extract). Rokhl Soyfer 243 Glossary 247 Bibliography 253 General References 253 Printings of the Seyder Tkhines 261 Other Tkhines and RelatedYiddish Works 262 Undated Tkhines 264 Index 265 viii Contents ...