📖 שַׁעַר הַתְּפִלָּה וְסֵדֶר הָעֲבוֹדָה (אשכנז) | Form of Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated by Isaac L. Lyon (1836)

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Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and Isaac L. Lyon (translation)

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27 October 2025 under the Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., British Jewry, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz

Isaac L. Lyon’s שער התפילה וסדר העבודה Form of Daily Prayers, according to the custom of the German and Polish Jews (London: H. Abrahams, 1836) is a daily, shabbat, and festival prayerbook. Historically, it can be thought of as one of the second generation of bilingual Ashkenazi Hebrew-English prayerbooks published in Britain. (The first generation being those produced by A. Alexander and David Levi.) Often, probably for marketing reasons, these then novel editions would rather conservatively refer to themselves as revised or corrected, knowing that the esteem given to the earlier prayerbooks of David Levi might argue against any new siddur with a new translation.

This work is in the Public Domain due to its having been published more than 95 years ago.

This digital edition was prepared by Aharon Varady from page images of two items held in the collection of the National Library of Israel. (Thank you!)

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

Aharon Varady, founding director of the Open Siddur Project, is a copyright researcher and amateur book scanner. He prepares digital images and new digital editions of prayer books and related works in the Public Domain in order to make their constituent parts (prayers, translations, annotations, etc.) publicly accessible for collaborative transcription by project volunteers. (In some cases, he finds existing digital editions prepared by others that require correction and reformatting.) If you appreciate his efforts, please send him a kind note or contribute to his patreon account.

Isaac L. Lyon (translation)

Isaac Leo Lyon (also, Isaac Aryeh Lyons; 1787-1850), born in Portsmouth, England, was an educator and translator. As a teacher, he traveled to Australia with his wife Maria in 1809 on the "Aeolis," a ship transporting convicts. Maria died en route. Isaac taught in New South Wales before returning to England in 1812 (on the Mistral) and remarrying Hannah Levi (1789-1864) in 1822. to His parents were Rabbi Solomon Lyon of Cambridge and Rachel Lyon (née Hart). We know little else about Isaac Lyon. If you know any more about his life and career, please contact us.

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