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Little is known about Urania save that she died a young woman, the daughter of a Rabbi Avraham. The exact pronunciation of her name is uncertain. Rochelle Furstenberg spells the name as Urania—likely relating this woman's name to "Heavens"—while David Sperber spells her name Orania.
118:). Urania's role as a precentress, one of a handful of women known to be serving in this capacity in this region in the 13-14th centuries, is attested on her grave stone. 239: 200: 222:
Sperber, David (2002). "הנשים המפללות לעצמן: עולמן הרוחני-תרבותי ותפילת נשים, בראי האמנות היהודית". In Sperber, Daniel (ed.).
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Sperber, David (2002). "הנשים המפללות לעצמן: עולמן הרוחני-תרבותי ותפילת נשים, בראי האמנות היהודית". In Sperber, Daniel (ed.).
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But on the sixth day of Adar, on the first day, her soul was consumed, and on the seventh day of this, she was buried.
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Daughter of the initiated Rabbi Avraham, head of the singers, whose prayer as beauty,
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In the glory of his voice, for the sake of his nation, in the melody of a plea,
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Prayer-poems and, as a plea for her, she would become guarded.
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Whereas she too, with the sound of song, would sing for women:
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In Eden is her rest; she shall be remembered for good.
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The lady Urania, the important, chosen, young woman,
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Orgiah

Worms, Germany
Hebrew
precentress
Ashkenaz
Rhineland
Palatinate
Adar
tombstone
Worms
Minhagey Yisra'el VII
"Medieval Jewish Women Were Leaders in Religion and Business"
Minhagey Yisra'el VII
"Tombstone"
Jewish Life in the Middle Ages
ISBN
978-0-8276-0542-8
Categories
1275 deaths
Medieval Jewish women
Women hazzans
People from Worms, Germany
13th-century German Jews

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