Rabbi Morris Silverman (1894–1972) was a Conservative rabbi as well as an editor and writer of Jewish prayer books. In 1939, he edited the High Holiday Prayer Book, popularly known as the "Silverman Machzor" which became the official prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for the United Synagogue of America of the Conservative Movement for over half a century.Likewise, his manuscript for a siddur became the basis of the Sabbath and Festival Prayer Book (Seder Tefilot Yisrael), the official prayer book for the Conservative movement. Silverman served as rabbi for The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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Contributed by Morris Silverman | the Congressional Record of the United States of America | ❧
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 19 February 1959. . . .
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 Morris Silverman | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The cosmological piyyut, Adon Olam, in its Ashkenazi variation in Hebrew with an English translation. . . .