This is इस्राएलांचे त्रिपर्बोत्साह The Prayers of the Three Great Jewish Festivals (1901), a maḥzor for Sukkot, Pesaḥ, and Shavuot in Marathi translation for the Bene Israel community in India translated and arranged by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1834-1905).

On 13 May 18967, Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar offered this prayer in Hebrew with translations in Marathi and English, on behalf of the congregation of the Gates of Prayer Synagogue (Bombay/Mumbai), for the 100th anniversary of the synagogue’s founding in 1796.

On 20 June 1897, Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar offered this civic prayer in Hebrew with translations in Marathi and English, on behalf of the congregation of the Gates of Prayer Synagogue (Bombay/Mumbai), for the 50th anniversary of the reign of Queen Victoria over the British Empire.

A desperate plea offered during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1896.

इस्राएलांचीं पंचोपोषणें The Prayers of the Five Jewish Fasts (1890), is a prayerbook in Marathi translation for the Bene Israel community in India translated and arranged by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1834-1905).

A comprehensive (“kol bo”) siddur in the liturgical tradition of the eastern Sefaradim, prepared for the Bene Israel community in India.

This is प्रायश्चित्ताच्या दिवसाची प्रार्थना The Prayers of the Day of Atonement vol. 1 (1867) and vol. 2 (1868), a maḥzor for Yom Kippur in Marathi translation for the Bene Israel community in India translated and arranged by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1834-1905).

This is वर्षत्रतिपदेची प्रार्थना The Jewish Propitiatory Prayer (1862), a maḥzor for Rosh haShanah in Marathi translation for the Bene Israel community in India translated and arranged by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1834-1905)

This is पापाच्या क्षमेसाठी प्रार्यना The Jewish Propitiatory Prayer (1859), a prayerbook for the Seliḥot service in the month before Rosh haShanah in Marathi translation for the Bene Israel community in India translated and arranged by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1834-1905).

“Purim Kirtan” is a traditional Purim song of the Bene Israel community of Mumbai, India. Many thanks to our friends at the Jewish Language Project and to their team member Jacob Kohn for recording, transcribing, and translating the song as sung by Rivkah Moshe.

The piyyut, “Adon Olam” became popular in the 15th century and is often attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021–1058) and less often to Sherira Gaon (900-1001), or his son, Hai ben Sherira Gaon (939-1038). The variation of the piyyut appearing here is the fifteen line version familiar to some Mizraḥi and eastern Sefaradi congregations. (A twelve line variant is common among the Western Sefaradim. The Ashkenazi version has ten lines.) The Marathi translation was made by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar as published in סדר תפלת החדש The Daily Prayers translated from Hebrew in Marathi (1889), pp. 7-8.

In the communities of Morocco and Mumbai, the day after Yom Kippur was a holiday for priests known as Yom Simḥat Kohen. The origins of this practice can be found in Mishnah Yoma 7:4, where the high priest makes a festival for his loved ones after successfully completing the Yom Kippur rituals. In Mumbai, the practice (as recorded in Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar’s bilingual Hebrew/Marathi siddur) was to recite Psalms 85 on Yom Simḥat Kohen. The editor has included the text of Psalms 85, Rajpurkar’s Marathi translation, a new English translation, and a vocalized version of the Arabic tafsir of Rav Saadiah Gaon.