[Avodah] moda ani

[Eli Turkel]

There is a book entitled "tefillat nashim" by aliza lavi

It is a collection ofprayers written by or for women over the ages.
The first prayer in the book begins

modis ani lefanecha elokai al kol hachesed ...

the exact version is from Italy about 200 years but she traces
similar versions to the middle ages.
Note that it begins in the feminine (modis) but different than modern Hebrew.
Other prayers also use the feminine

The author spoke recently in our town and mentioned that over 100,000
copies have
seen sold.
She told a story about a phone call she received from the Belz
rebbetzin. She remarked
that she was surprised to get a phone call from Belz. The rebbetzin
responded that she
was also surprised to call but that enough women in the kehila had bought the
book that they wanted a meeting

-- 
Eli Turkel