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Contributed by: Ḥayyim Alter Segal, Hebrew Publishing Company, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
The first nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l (“Sefardic-Ḥassidic”) prayerbook with a relatively complete English translation, published in 1951 by the Hebrew Publishing Company. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for the festivals of Pesaḥ, Shavuot, and Sukkot (with Shmini Atseret and Simḥat Torah) in the Sepharadic tradition compiled by David de Sola Pool in 1947. . . .
Contributed by: Morris Silverman, Robert Gordis, the Rabbinical Assembly of America, United Synagogue of America, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
The Rabbinical Assembly of America’s popular mid-20th century modern prayerbook for Conservative American Jewry based upon the work of Rabbi Morris Silverman. . . .
Contributed by: Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, Ira Eisenstein, Milton Steinberg, Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
Arranged and translated by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the Sabbath Prayer Book is the first Reconstructionist prayerbook we know of to have entered the Public Domain. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A special service prepared by Rabbi David de Sola Pool for Thanksgiving Day in the United States at K.K. Shearith Israel and published by the Union of Sephardic Congregations in 1945. . . .
Contributed by: Sidney S. Guthman, Robert H. Segal, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A Friday night siddur compiled by two Conservative movement rabbis for use in traditional leaning congregations familiar with Reform movement arrangements. Besides containing four alternative services for Friday nights, the prayerbook also contains extensive musical notation for congregational participation in singing liturgical melodies and hymns. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A guide and reader for use on the Festival of Ḥanukkah in Portuguese translation, according to Portuguese Jewish custom, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1943. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, Aryeh Lev, the National Jewish Welfare Board, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A pamphlet for for United States military chaplains prepared by Chaplain Aryeh Lev under the direction of Rabbi David de Sola Pool for the Jewish Welfare Board during World War II. compiled for the use of United States personnel in the Armed Services. . . .
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for weekdays and shabbat, compiled by Joseph H. (Yosef Tsvi) Hertz, chief rabbi of the British Empire, and published in wartime Britain in 1942, the first of three volumes. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A birkon containing the Birkat haMazon in Portuguese translation by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1941. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
Rabbi David de Sola Pool’s bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for Sepharadi Jews. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, the National Jewish Welfare Board, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
An abridged maḥzor prepared for use of Jewish military personnel serving in the armed forces of the United States in advance of World War II, and printed by the Jewish Publication Society. . . .
Contributed by: Eugene Kohn, David de Sola Pool, Solomon B. Freehof, the National Jewish Welfare Board, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
An abridged siddur prepared for use of Jewish military personnel serving in the armed forces of the United States in advance of World War II, and printed by the Jewish Publication Society. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A prayer pamphlet containing a Hallel service in Portuguese translation by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1940. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A prayer-pamphlet containing the bedtime prayer service in Portuguese translation by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1940. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A Friday night Sabbath evening prayer guide by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1940. . . .
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Mark Gollop, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
An abridged prayer book for Jewish personnel in the service of the British armed forces in 1940, prepared by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, Joseph H. Hertz, based upon the 1917 prayer book offered during the first World War. . . .
Contributed by: Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A Saturday morning Shabbat shaḥarit/Torah reading/musaf prayer guide by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Insituto Teológico Israelita (Yeshiba Rosh-Pinah) in 1939. . . .
Contributed by: David de Sola Pool, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Yom Kippur in the Sepharadic tradition compiled by David de Sola Pool in 1939. . . .
Contributed by: Solomon Goldman, Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
The experimental siddur, Prayers & Readings Selected and Arranged by Rabbi Solomon Goldman can be found appended to Harry Coopersmith’s songbook, Songs of My People (1938). The work, I believe, is an excellent reflection of the creative spirit of the nascent Reconstructionist movement. Goldman’s prayerbook is both traditional and expansive, seeking to bring into its pages both familiar liturgy along with additional works from all over Jewish literary history. The work represents what Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan would call a “Binder Siddur” — the siddur as a container of inspired works for collective reading and reflection in the synagogue. Perhaps even for personal use. With its good number of authors and translators expressing different voices appealing to Goldman, Prayers & Readings is also a kind of proto-Open Siddur. However, unlike the Open Siddur, Goldman only provides acknowledgement of the various authors and translators in his preface, and we are left uncertain as to which works should actually be attributed to each contributor. If you can tell which of the listed authors and translators contributed what, please leave a comment or contact us. . . .
