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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

This is a collection of anthologies of hymns in the vernacular intended for public singing in the Synagogue by congregants or choirs. The hymns in these collections include original works by Jewish poets, rhymed verse adapted from earlier piyyutim, and Jewish adaptations and abridgements of hymns originally written for non-Jewish use. While the custom of hymn singing has waned in Jewish contexts, the genre of Jewish hymn books was largely replaced with songbooks or "songsters" used in informal contexts, or increasingly included as table-songs within birkonim (bentshers).

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📖 Allgemeines Israelitisches Gesangbuch eingeführt in dem Neuen Israelitschen Tempel zu Hamburg (1833)

This is the Hamburg Temple Hymnal in its original 1833 edition, alternately titled, Allgemeines Israelitisches Gesangbüch fur Gotteshaüser und Schulen, compiled by Maimon Fraenkel, Gotthold Salomon, and Immanuel Wohlwill.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Classical Reform, German Reform Movement, Reform Jewry

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Maimon Fraenkel, Immanuel Wohlwill and Gotthold Salomon

📖 Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., 1842)

The first prayerbook largely composed by a Jewish woman and the first prayerbook compiled by a Jewish woman in the United States.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Reform Jewry

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Penina Moïse and Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina)

📖 Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina 1856)

The first prayerbook largely composed by a Jewish woman and the first prayerbook compiled by a Jewish woman in the United States.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Reform Jewry

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Penina Moïse and Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina)

📖 תפלות בני ישורון (רפורמי) | Hymns, Psalms & Prayers in English and German, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, et al (Minhag America, 1868)

A collection of hymns, psalms, and paraliturgical prayers for festivals and other events in German and English compiled by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise for Liberal/Reform congregations establishing a Minhag Ameriḳa.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Needing Decompilation, Needing Transcription, North America, North American Jewry

Contributor(s):

Minna Cohen Kleeberg and Isaac Mayer Wise

📖 Hymns for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El, by Rabbi James Koppel Gutheim et al (1871)

A collection of hymns used by Temple Emanu-El in New York City. The hymn book mainly contains hymns in German with English translation by Rabbi James Koppel Gutheim (1817-1886) with another handful in English including one by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1821-1867), and the rest by a young Felix Adler (before his founding of Ethical Culture).

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Needing Decompilation, Needing Transcription, North America, North American Jewry

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James Koppel Gutheim and Temple Emanu-El (New York City)

📖 Songs and Prayers and Meditations for Divine Services of Israelites, arranged by Rabbi Benjamin Szold and translated by Rabbi Marcus Jastrow (1873)

A hymnal prepared by Rabbi Benjamin Szold and translated from German into English by Rabbi Marcus Jastrow.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Baltimore, English Translation, Needing Decompilation, Needing Transcription, Philadelphia, United States

Contributor(s):

Marcus Jastrow, Benjamin Szold and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

📖 Hymns and Anthems Adapted for Jewish Worship, by Rabbi Dr. Gustav Gottheil (1886)

A hymn-book containing not only traditional Jewish hymns, but also others of Christian origin (“adapted for Jewish worship”). Upon it was based the Union Hymnal, which was subsequently adopted by Reform congregations in the United States.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hymns

Contributor(s):

Gustav Gottheil and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

📖 Union Hymnal (CCAR 1897)

The first edition of the Union Hymnal by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Reform Jewry

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Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]

📖 בזמרות נריע לו | Die häuslichen Sabbathgesänge für Freitag⸗Abend, Sabbath⸗Tag und Sabbath⸗Ausgang, by Dr. Leo Jehudah Hirschfeld (1898)

Birkonim (bentschers) with table songs sung on the Sabbath with accompanying translations are now commonplace, but they not always were. The first major collection with accompanying translations was Dr. Leo Hirschfeld’s בזמרות נריע לו Die häuslichen Sabbathgesänge für Freitag⸗Abend, Sabbath⸗Tag und Sabbath⸗Ausgang (1898), an anthology of Sabbath table songs organized according to their traditional feast (Sabbath night, day, and Sabbath afternoon) in the Ashkenazi tradition.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Shabbat Siddurim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German Jewry, German translation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Leo Jehudah Hirschfeld and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 (רפורמי) The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools, compiled by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy (1902/1904)

The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902) is Rabbi J. Leonard Levy’s prayerbook compiled for the religious school at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, a Reform movement synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The siddur is comprised of four children’s services and twenty supplemental services for special days on the calendar. A hymnal comprises a third section. This is the second revised edition of the prayerbook, printed in 1904, containing additional services and hymns.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Children's Prayerbooks

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and J. Leonard Levy

📖 Hymns and Anthems for Jewish Worship, compiled by Rabbi Isaac S. Moses (1904)

A hymnal compiled by one of the Reform rabbis who first prepared the Union Prayerbook.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Classical Reform, English vernacular prayer, German vernacular prayer, hymns, Reform Jewry

Contributor(s):

Isaac S. Moses

📖 The Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship (CCAR 1914)

The second edition of the Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Reform Jewry

Contributor(s):

Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]

📖 תפלת ישראל | Tefilat Yisrael: A Brief Jewish Ritual (Women of Miẓpah 1921)

A small work of Jewish prayer intended for Jewish women published by the sisterhood of Temple Miẓpah in Chicago.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Reform Jewry

Contributor(s):

Angie Irma Cohon, Women of Miẓpah and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Mediæval Hebrew Minstrelsy: Songs for the Bride Queen’s Feast, by Herbert Loewe (1926)

Mediæval Hebrew Minstrelsy: Songs for the Bride Queen’s Feast (1926), an anthology of Sabbath table songs with rhymed English translations by the compiler, Herbert Loewe as well as others identified in his “Introduction.” The sixteen zemirot included have commentaries based on those provided by Dr. Leo Hirschfeld in his בזמרות נריע לו Die häuslichen Sabbathgesänge für Freitag⸗Abend, Sabbath⸗Tag und Sabbath⸗Ausgang (1898). Musical notation for the zemirot melodies were prepared, and a chapter on the music was written, by Rose L. Henriques. There are also delightful illustrations throughout by Beatrice Hirschfeld. Chief Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz provided the foreword.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Shabbat Siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English Translation, rhyming translation, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s):

Herbert Loewe

📖 Hymns of Praise and Prayer, compiled by Rabbi Max D. Klein for Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Philadelphia (1926)

A hymnal prepared in 1926 by Rabbi Max D. Klein for his congregation, Adath Jeshurun in Philadelphia.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Philadelphia

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Max D. Klein

📖 כתר מלכות | Kether Malkhuth (Côroa Real) by Sholomo ibn Gabirol (Portuguese translation by A.C. de Barros Basto, 1927)

A Portuguese translation of Solomon ibn Gabirol’s piyyut, Keter Malkhut, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto in 1927.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Porto, Portuguese Jewry, Portuguese translation

Contributor(s):

Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Shlomo ibn Gabirol and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 תפלות ושירים | Songs of My People, compiled and edited by Harry Coopersmith (1938)

A songster in Hebrew and English with musical notation compiled by Harry Coopersmith.

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Hymn-Books & Religious poetry, Shabbat Siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Chicago, Conservative Jewry, Early Reconstructionist, North American Jewry

Contributor(s):

Harry Coopersmith and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

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