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19th century C.E. —⟶ tag: 19th century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This prayer by Rabbi Sabato Morais after the death of President Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) concludes a eulogy published in the The Jewish Record on 14 August 1885, “General Grant: Substance of a Discourse Delivered Last Sabbath by the Rev. S. Morais.” A note in the preface to the article dates the eulogy to the preceding Sabbath, 8 August 1885. The article was preserved in a newspaper clipping found on page 338 of the Sabato Morais Ledger. . . . Categories: Mourning A poem on the meaning of the menorah. . . . Categories: Ḥanukkah 📖 The Jewish Home Prayer-Book: A Manual of Household Devotion (Committee of the Jewish Ministers’ Association, 1887)A prayerbook containing prayers for private and family use in the home, in vernacular English, expanding upon a prayerbook intended for the same purpose but in German by Benjamin Szold and Marcus Jastrow. . . . Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers Contributor(s): Frederick de Sola Mendes, Gustav Gottheil, Alexander Kohut, Louis Stern, Henrietta Szold, Benjamin Szold and Marcus Jastrow אֵל שְׁמֹר הַמַּלְכָּה | God Save the Queen, an adaptation of Hyman Hurwitz’s Hebrew translation of “God Save the King” for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Celebration (1887)“God Save the Queen” is an adaptation of “God Save the King,” a work by an unknown author, first circulated in three stanzas during the reign of Britain’s King George Ⅱ, circa 1745. This Hebrew translation was published in a pamphlet circulated by New Road (Whitechapel) Synagogue in 1892 “on the 73rd Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,” an event attended by then chief rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler. . . . “A Child’s Prayer on its Parent’s Birthday” was written by Frederick de Sola Mendes and published in the anthology, The Jewish Home Prayer-Book (1887), pages 130-131. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers “A Child’s Prayer on its Birthday” was written by Frederick de Sola Mendes and published in the anthology, The Jewish Home Prayer-Book (1887), page 130. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers Prayer on the Jubilee of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler (21 June 1887)This prayer by chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire Nathan Marcus Adler is found in an order of service prepared for the celebration of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in 1887. . . . Categories: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom “The Children’s Song” is a hymn by Felix Adler, first published in The Ethical Record vol. 1, no. 1. (April 1888), sheet music page 5. . . . Categories: Mourning “Charity” is a hymn by Felix Adler, first published in The Ethical Record vol. 1, no. 1. (April 1888), sheet music page 4. For an account of this hymn being sung, find The Journal of Industrial Education, “Autumn Festival of the Workingman’s School. Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1889.” vol. 4, no. 9 (May 1890). . . . Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation “Task of the Ages” is a short hymn by Felix Adler, first published in The Ethical Record vol. 1, no. 1. (April 1888), sheet music pages 2-3. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School 📖 ספר תפילת החדש (מנהג הספרדים) | The Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-Marathi prayerbook arranged and translated by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (1889)A comprehensive (“kol bo”) siddur in the liturgical tradition of the eastern Sefaradim, prepared for the Bene Israel community in India. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 April 1888. . . . Categories: 🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Morning Prayers was compiled by Rabbi Gustav Gottheil for the morning prayer service of his congregation at Temple Emanu-El, New York, in 1889. . . . Categories: Morning siddurim Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, English vernacular prayer, Reform Jewry Contributor(s): Gustav Gottheil, Temple Emanu-El (New York City) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) A prayer for the well-being, health and recovery of Emperor Frederick Ⅲ by Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler (Temple Beth-El, New York) published in “In Town: Praying for the Emperor,” The Jewish Messenger (4 May 1888), page 2. . . . Categories: 🇩🇪 Germany This prayer for the well-being of the Kaiser (Emperor) Nikolai II and his family appears in the siddur Shir Ushvaḥah (1889) . . . Categories: 🇷🇺 Russia 📖 סדר תפלות כל השנה (אשכנז) | The Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, translated and arranged by Rabbi Simeon Singer (1890)Before the Koren-Sacks Siddur (2009), there was the Authorised Daily Prayer Book first published in 1890 and used by Jews throughout the British Empire, while there was a British Empire. It was originally published under the authorization of Great Britain’s first Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler with a Hebrew liturgy based on Isaac Seligman Baer’s Seder Avodat Yisroel (1868). The translation by Rabbi Simeon Singer (1846-1906) was the most extensive English translation of the Siddur ever published, and for this reason most editions are simply referred colloquially as The Singer Siddur. The Standard Prayer Book, published by Bloch in 1915, was an American reprint of The Authorized Daily Prayer Book. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim שיר מזמור לפורים | Shir Mizmor l’Purim, an anti-Prohibition drinking song for Purim by Rabbi Sabato Morais (1889)This “Shir Mizmor l’Purim” by Rabbi Sabato Morais (we think) was first published in The Jewish Exponent on 15 March 1889. It was preserved by Rabbi Sabato Morais in his ledger, an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. . . . Categories: Purim Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Philadelphia, Prohibition in the United States, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Sabato Morais, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) 📖 סדר תפלת כל פה (מנהג הספרדים) | Seder Tefilat Kol Peh, a bilingual Hebrew-Ladino prayerbook (1891)A bilingual Hebrew-Ladino Sefaradi siddur from the Ottoman Empire. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim An authoritative edition of the Seder Teḥinot (Seyder Tkhines) from the esteemed Rödelheim publishing house. . . . Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers The proclamation and prayer of chief rabbi Yaakov Yosef, on the centennial of President George Washington’s Inauguration . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Inauguration Day (January 20th), 🇺🇸 George Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), 🇺🇸 United States of America Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, George Washington, inaugurations, Needing Vocalization, New York City, Prayers for leaders, Presidents Day, United States Contributor(s): Yaakov Yosef, Judah David Eisenstein (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ||
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