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Martial siddurim

This is a collection of martial prayerbooks -- siddurim purposefully arranged for Jewish military personnel of nations with considerable Jewish populations, often in abridged services mindful of the challenges of both wartime and peacetime service. While sometimes serving a broad and diverse Jewish population, these prayerbooks also often express formulations of sectarian or denominational pluralism unique to their historical and regional contexts.

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📖 Gebetbuch für israelitische Soldaten im Kriege, a prayerbook for Jewish military personnel serving in the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces during World War Ⅰ by Rabbi Dr. Max Grunwald (1914)

Gebetbuch für israelitische Soldaten im Kriege (1914) was translated and arranged by Rabbi Dr. Max Grunwald for Jewish military personnel in the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces in service to Kaiser Franz Joseph Ⅰ (1830-1916) during what became known as World War Ⅰ.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Austria-Hungary, Austrian Empire, Austrian Jewry, Franz Joseph I of Austria, military, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and Max Grunwald

📖 Feldgebetbuch für die jüdischen Mannschaften des Heeres, by Rabbi Dr. Wilhelm Münz (1914)

A small prayerbook for German-Jewish men serving as military personnel on behalf of the German Empire (Second Reich) during what later became known as World War Ⅰ.

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Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German Empire, German Jewry, German vernacular prayer, military, Second Reich, Teḥinot in German, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Leo Baeck, Wilhelm Münz and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 [Abridged] Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [in H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1914)

A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for soldiers and sailors in the service of His Majesty’s army and navy during World War One

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Empire, British Jewry, military, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Michael Adler and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

📖 סדר תפלה בקצרה | La Tefila du Soldat, an abridged bilingual Hebrew-French prayerbook for Jewish soldiers compiled by Rabbi Maurice Liber (Consistoire central israelíte de France 1914/1939)

La Tefila du Soldat is an abridged bilingual Hebrew-French prayerbook for French-Jewish soldiers prepared in 1939 by Rabbi Maurice Liber, the former interim Chief Rabbi of France under Rabbi Israël Lévi (from 1934-1939). In addition to abridged liturgy, the prayerbook also contains a curated selection of teḥinot in vernacular French, and psalms in French translation. Rabbi Isaie Schwartz, appointed chief rabbi in 1939, wrote the introductory letter to Jewish soldiers at the start of the French section of the siddur. In it, he notes the prayerbook is, essential, a copy of one offered to French-Jewish soldiers by the Consistoire central israelíte de France during World War Ⅰ.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, military, World War Ⅰ, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation), Maurice Liber, Mayer Lambert, Isaïe Schwartz and Consistoire central israélite de France

📖 Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States (National Jewish Welfare Board 1917)

The first bilingual and interdenominational prayerbook prepared for soldiers and sailors in the United States Army & Navy in World War I.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, interdenominational cooperation, military, United Synagogue of America, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

the National Jewish Welfare Board

📖 Prayers for Trench and Base, by Lt. Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1918)

A small prayerbook for British-Jewish men serving as military personnel on behalf of the British Empire during what later became known as World War Ⅰ.

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Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Empire, British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, military, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Side Arms: Readings, Prayers and Meditations for Soldiers and Sailors, by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron (1918)

An ecumenical prayerbook for men serving as United States military personnel during what later became known as World War Ⅰ.

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Interfaith & Ecumenical collections of prayers, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, masculinity, military, World War Ⅰ

Contributor(s):

Morris Samuel Lazaron and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 [Abridged] Prayer Book for Jewish Members of His Majesty’s Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1940)

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.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Jewry, military, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Mark Gollop, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States (National Jewish Welfare Board 1941)

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.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, interdenominational cooperation, military, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Eugene Kohn, David de Sola Pool, Solomon B. Freehof, the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Prayer Book [for] New Year and Day of Atonement, Abridged for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States (National Jewish Welfare Board 1941)

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.

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Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah, Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, interdenominational cooperation, military, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

David de Sola Pool, the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Ministering to the Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States: Prayers for the Sick, Military Funeral Service, and Memorial Service (National Jewish Welfare Board 1942)

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.

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Pulpit & Ceremonial collections of prayers, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, interdenominational cooperation, military, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

David de Sola Pool, Aryeh Lev, the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 Prayer Book for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States (National Jewish Welfare Board 1958)

A trans-denominational prayer book compiled for the use of United States personnel in the Armed Services.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, interdenominational cooperation, military

Contributor(s):

the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

📖 סדור תפלות לחייל לכל השנה (נוסח אחיד) | Siddur Tefilot l’Ḥayyal, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF, 1963)

A comprehensive prayer book compiled by the chief rabbi of the IDF for military personnel serving the State of Israel.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, military, Nusaḥ TsaHaL

Contributor(s):

Shlomo Goren and Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael

📖 תְּפִלּוֹת לְחַיָּלֵי צְבָא אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית | Prayer Book for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States, arranged by the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy of the National Jewish Welfare Board (1984)

תפלות לחיילי צבא ארצות הברית Prayer Book for Jewish Personnel in the Armed Forces of the United States (1984) is a trans-denominational and bilingual Hebrew-English siddur arranged by the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy of the Jewish Welfare Board. The siddur served to update the prayerbook offered by the organization in 1958. It included elements from The Traditional Prayer Book for Sabbaths and Festivals (ed. Rabbi David de Sola Pool, 1960), The Gates of Prayer (ed. Rabbi Chaim Stern, 1975), and a siddur that had not yet been published in 1984: Sim Shalom (ed. Rabbi Jules Harlow, 1985). On the verso of the title page Rabbi Stephan O. Parnes is credited as editor, while Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, Rabbi Leonard S. Kravitz, and Rabbi Max J. Routtenberg are credited for their editorial work in preparing the manuscript of the siddur in the Acknowledgments section.

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Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim, Martial siddurim

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., interdenominational cooperation, military

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation), Leonard S. Kravitz, Gilbert Klaperman, Max J. Routtenberg, Stephan O. Parnes and the National Jewish Welfare Board

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