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20th century C.E. —⟶ tag: 20th century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This is the opening prayer of the First Biennial Convention of the National Jewish Welfare Board offered by Rabbi Maurice H. Harris, and published in the Report of First Biennial Convention [of the National Jewish Welfare Board] (1922), p. 14. ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923) is a collection of fifty teḥinot and devotional readings in vernacular English. The work was compiled by a committee chaired by Rabbi Solomon Freehof, along with Rabbi Israel Bettan, Rabbi Abraham Cronbach, Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, and Rabbi Abram Simon. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical teḥinot, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “God‘s Love” is the twelfth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 44-46. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, Compassion, divine mercy, English vernacular prayer, Forgiveness, חסד Ḥesed, self-forgiveness, teḥinot in English Contributor(s): “Justice” is the ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 35-37. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical seliḥot, teḥinot in English, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah Contributor(s): “Out of the Depth” is the eleventh prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 41-43. “Rosh Hashanah~The New Year” is the eighth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 31-34. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai netsor, paraliturgical seliḥot, teḥinot in English, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah Contributor(s): “God Our Refuge” is the tenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 38-40. “Yom Kippur—The Day of Atonement” is the sixteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 57-60. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution of authorship for any of the prayers in this volume. Rejoice in Hashem, an entreaty to recognize happiness as an auspicious moment for prayer (CCAR 1923)“Rejoice in the Lord” is the sixth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 26-27. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “Sincerity” is the seventh prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 28-30. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, paraliturgical elohai netsor, paraliturgical seliḥot, teḥinot in English, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah Contributor(s): “Ignorance and Evil” is the thirteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 47-49. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, education, English vernacular prayer, restorative justice, social justice, teḥinot in English Contributor(s): “God is Near” is the fifteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 53-56. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., alienation, אנה אמצאך ana emtsaeka, Aseret Yemei Tshuvah, depression, English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English Contributor(s): “Conciliation” is the fourteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 50-52. “God’s Bounty” is the seventeenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 61-63. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution of authorship for any of the prayers in this volume. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., divine abundance, English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English Contributor(s): “Succoth—Feast of Tabernacles” is the eighteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 64-67. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution of authorship for any of the prayers in this volume. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., divine abundance, English vernacular prayer, teḥinot in English Contributor(s): “Hospitality” is the thirtieth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 102-104. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, exhortation, hospitality, social class, social justice, teḥinot in English, תוכחות tokheḥot Contributor(s): “From Strength to Strength” is the nineteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 68-70. “Righteousness” is the twenty-ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 99-101. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, exhortation, Justice, social justice, teḥinot in English, תוכחות tokheḥot, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof Contributor(s): “Our Enemies” is the thirty-first prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 105-107. Unfortunately, we do not yet know of a resource providing clear attribution of authorship for any of the prayers in this volume. However, the pacifist language and argument in this prayer strongly identifies it as having been written by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach. | ||
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📖 A Companion to the Authorised Daily Prayer Book, by Israel Abrahams (revised edition 1922)
A literary and historical commentary on the Jewish liturgy corresponding to the pages of the Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire (1890).