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Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda's Book of Prayers for Jewish Women,Used
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Written in the nineteenth century, rediscovered in the twentyfirst, timeless in its wisdom and beauty, Hours of Devotion by Fanny Neuda, (the daughter of a Moravian rabbi), was the first fulllength book of Jewish prayers written by a woman for women. In her moving introduction to this volumethe first edition of Neudas prayer book to appear in English for more than a centuryeditor Dinah Berland describes her serendipitous discovery of Hours of Devotion in a Los Angeles used bookstore. She had been estranged from her son for eleven years, and the prayers she found in the book provided immediate comfort, giving her the feeling that someone understood both her pain and her hope. Eventually, these prayers would also lead her back to Jewish study and toward a deeper practice of her Judaism.Originally published in German, Fanny Neudas popular prayer book was reprinted more than two dozen times in German and appeared in Yiddish and English editions between 1855 and 1918. Working with a translator, Berland has carefully brought the prayers into modern English and set them into verse to fully realize their poetry. Many of these eightyeight prayers, as well as Neudas own preface and afterword, appear here in English for the first time, opening a window to a Jewish womans life in Central Europe during the Enlightenment. Reading A Daughters Prayer for Her Parents, On the Approach of Childbirth, For a Mother Whose Child Is Abroad, and the other prayers for both daily and momentous occasions, one cannot help but feel connected to the women whove come before.For Berland, Hours of Devotion served as a guide and a testament to the mystery and power of prayer. Fanny Neudas remarkable spirit and faith in God, displayed throughout these heartfelt prayers, now offer the same hope of guidance to others.
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