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Written in the nineteenth century, rediscovered in the twenty-first, timeless in its wisdom and beauty, "Hours of Devotion "by Fanny Neuda, (the daughter of a Moravian rabbi), was the firstfull-length book of Jewish prayers written by a woman for women. In her moving introduction to this volume--the first edition of Neuda's prayer book to appear in English for more than a century--editor DinahBerland 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 providedimmediate 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 Neuda's popular prayer book was reprinted more than two dozen times in German and appeared in Yiddish and English editions between 1855 and 1918. Workingwith a translator, Berland has carefully brought the prayers into modern English and set them into verse to fully realize their poetry. Many of these eighty-eight prayers, as well as Neuda's own preface andafterword, appear here in English for the first time, opening a window to a Jewish woman's life in Central Europe during the Enlightenment. Reading "A Daughter's Prayer for HerParents," "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 feelconnected to the women who've come before.
For Berland, "Hours of Devotion" served as a guide and a testament to the mystery and power of prayer. Fanny Neuda'sremarkable spirit and faith in God, displayed throughout these heartfelt prayers, now offer the same hope of guidance to others. "From the Hardcover edition."