Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women on Public and Domestic Occasions. Translated into English, from the German of Dr. W. Wessely, by MIRIAM WERTHEIMER

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

R. Matthison

Birmingham

1852

A CHARMING COLLECTION OF WOMEN’S PRAYERS PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN BY A WOMAN. A list of female subscribers on the last few leaves includes names from all over England as well as Germany, Sweden, Canada, the United States and the West Indies. “There are occasions of a special nature which would seem to require a more peculiar form of prayer and praise, bringing the soul, like the primitive adorations of the early patriarchs, into immediate communion, as if listening to and conversing with its divine Progenitor. More especially, are such prayers required by the daughters of Israel, many of whom though animated with fervent piety and gratitude, seek in vain for words expressive of their ardent feelings and the meek but heavenward aspirations which elevate their souls amidst every daily duty and every earthly occurrence.”