Contributed by: Abraham Cronbach, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Titled, “The Decline of Religious Observance,” this prayer from Rabbi Abraham Cronbach open’s his collection of prayer, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 2 through 5.
Contributed by: Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
This “Armistice Day Prayer” was composed in 1923 by the Office of the Chief Rabbi on the Anniversary of the cessation of conflict on November 11th marking the end of the Great War (later known as World War I).
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“The Sabbath” is the fifth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 22-25. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution to any of the prayers in this volume. The author was likely one of the members of the Committee on Book of Meditations and Prayers: Solomon B. Freehof, Israel Bettan, Abraham Cronbach, Morris S. Lazaron, and Abram Simon.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Daily Revelation is found early on in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 19-21. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution to any of the prayers in this volume. The author was likely one of the members of the Committee on Book of Meditations and Prayers: Solomon B. Freehof, Israel Bettan, Abraham Cronbach, Morris S. Lazaron, and Abram Simon.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Starting Anew” is found early on in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 15-18. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution to any of the prayers in this volume. The author was likely one of the members of the Committee on Book of Meditations and Prayers: Solomon B. Freehof, Israel Bettan, Abraham Cronbach, Morris S. Lazaron, and Abram Simon.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
This “Morning Prayer” is found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 12-14. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution to any of the prayers in this volume. The author was likely one of the members of the Committee on Book of Meditations and Prayers: Solomon B. Freehof, Israel Bettan, Abraham Cronbach, Morris S. Lazaron, and Abram Simon.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown
This “Meditation” is the opening prayer of ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 9-11. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution to any of the prayers in this volume. The author was likely one of the members of the Committee on Book of Meditations and Prayers: Solomon B. Freehof, Israel Bettan, Abraham Cronbach, Morris S. Lazaron, and Abram Simon.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Night Prayer” is the fiftieth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 164-166.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Man’s Place in Nature” is the forty-ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 161-163.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Alike Before God” is the forty-eighth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 158-160.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Cooperation” is the forty-seventh prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 155-157.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Humility” is the forty-sixth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 152-154.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Tisha be-Aḇ—the Ninth of Aḇ” is the forty-fifth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 149-151.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“God Our Eternal Home” is the forty-fourth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 146-148.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Accepting the Burden” is the forty-third prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 143-145.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Vision and Hope” is the forty-second prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 139-142.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Shaḇuoth—The Feast of Weeks” is the forty-first prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 135-138.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Duty” is the fortieth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 133-134.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Reverence” is the thirty-ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 130-132.
Contributed by: Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown, Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]
“Courageous Faith” is the thirty-eighth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 127-129.

