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20th century C.E. —⟶ tag: 20th century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? 📖 Dôr e Fé (Grief and Faith), a prayer-pamphlet for mourners compiled by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto (1928)A prayer-pamphlet containing prayers for mourning in Portuguese translation by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto in 1928. . . . Categories: Memorial, Funeral, and Cemetery Prayer Guides A haggadah for the Passover Seder in Portuguese translation, according to Portuguese Jewish custom, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto in 1928. . . . Categories: Haggadot for the Seder Leil Pesaḥ 📖 סדר תפלות לאבלים | Seder Tefilot la-Avelim (Arrangement of Prayers for Mourners), compiled and translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1928)A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for funerals and memorial days (yahrzeit), as compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1928. . . . Categories: Memorial, Funeral, and Cemetery Prayer Guides 📖 מחזור אור לישראל לראש השנה (אשכנז) | Maḥzor Or l’Yisrael l’Rosh haShanah, translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1928)A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Rosh haShanah, compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1928. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah 📖 מחזור אור לישראל ליום הכפורים (אשכנז) | Maḥzor Or l’Yisrael l’Yom haKippurim, translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1928)A bilingual Hebrew-English maḥzor for Yom Kippur, translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1928. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim A prayer-pamphlet for the evening of Yom Kipur in Portuguese translation, according to Portuguese Jewish custom, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto in 1929. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim A prayer-pamphlet for the concluding Neilah service of Yom Kipur in Portuguese translation, according to Portuguese Jewish custom, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto in 1929. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim 📖 (רפורמי) Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue, by Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques (1929)Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue, compiled by Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques in 1929, contains services for Shabbat, Rosh haShanah (with readings), and a selection of teḥinot (“special prayers for private worship) and hymns (“anthems”). . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah, Shabbat Siddurim, Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 1929. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies A collection of teḥinot, in English, edited by Rabbi Simon Glazer. . . . Categories: Personal & Paraliturgical collections of prayers A prayer-pamphlet for the evening of Rosh haShanah in Portuguese translation, according to Portuguese Jewish custom, prepared by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto under the auspices of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto in 1930. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah 💬 What I Believe | Wie ich die Welt sehe (How I see the World), an essay by Albert Einstein (in English and German, 1930/1934)This is Albert Einstein’s essay in English, “What I Believe” as published in Forum and Century 84 (October 1930), no. 4, 193–194, set next to his essay in German, “Wie ich die Welt sehe” (How I see the World) as published in Mein Weltbild (1934). The German version includes some thoughts elided in the English which I hope are elucidated in my translation into English of the German version. David E. Rowe and Robert Schulman (in Einstein on Politics 2007, p. 226) note, “The text was reproduced several times under the title ‘The World as I See It,’ most notably in Mein Weltbild and Ideas and Opinions, and in 1932 the German League of Human Rights released a phonograph recording of Einstein reading a slightly variant version entitled “Confession of Belief.” [It]…differs significantly from that in [published in Ideas and opinions: based on Mein Weltbild by] Einstein (in) 1954.” . . . Categories: Addenda Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Louis I. Newman on 7 January 1930The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 January 1930. . . . Man Is Here for the Sake of Others, by Albert Einstein (1930) as excerpted by Rabbi Morrison David Bial“Man Is Here for the Sake of Others,” a short excerpt from a longer essay by Albert Einstein, was included by Rabbi Morrison David Bial in his collection of supplemental prayers and texts for personal prayer and synagogue services: An Offering of Prayer (Temple Sinai of Summit, New Jersey, 1962). The full text of Einstein’s essay appeared under the title “What I Believe” in Forum and Century 84 (October 1930), no. 4, p. 193-194. David E. Rowe and Robert Schulman (in Einstein on Politics 2007, p. 226) note, “The text was reproduced several times under the title ‘The World as I See It,’ most notably in Mein Weltbild and Ideas and Opinions, and in 1932 the German League of Human Rights released a phonograph recording of Einstein reading a slightly variant version entitled ‘Confession of Belief.'” . . . Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, 🇺🇸 Brotherhood Week, 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st), 🤦︎ Taḥanun (Nefilat Apayim), 🌐 Human Rights Day (December 10th) A prayer for lifegiving sustenance. . . . A morning prayer for young girls composed in Magyar and published in 1930, with English translation. . . . Categories: Additional Morning Prayers “A Prayer for Our Teachers” by Rabbi Albert G. Baum was written sometime before 1962. Unfortunately, no more information was provided by Rabbi David Bial in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 64, from where this prayer was transcribed. Possibly, the prayer was written while Baum served as principal of the Park Avenue Synagogue Hebrew School in the late 1920s or as rabbi for Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim in Alexandria, Louisiana during the 1930s. If you know more, please leave a comment or contact us. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for King George V. . . . Categories: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom A “Prayer for the University” found in the Seder ha-Tefilah (Order of Service) arranged by the Jewish community of Oxford, England in 1931 at a special event celebrating the centenary of the scholar and librarian at the Bodleian Library, Dr. Adolf Neubauer (1831-1907). . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School The poem “Friday Eve” by Rabbi Alter Abelson (1931). . . . The poem “The Phylacteries” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . . Categories: Tefillin The poem “Sambatyon” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . . Categories: Ḳabbalat Shabbat The poem “Wormicide” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . . Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah A teachable moment in the life of Emma Goldman to reflect upon whether our practice is liberating or in need of liberation. . . . A bilingual Hebrew-English festival prayerbook (maḥzor) for Shavuot, according to the liturgical custom of Ashkenaz, as compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1933. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Pesaḥ & Shavuot A bilingual Hebrew-English festival prayerbook (maḥzor) for Passover, according to the liturgical custom of Ashkenaz, as compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1933. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Pesaḥ & Shavuot 📖 מחזור לסוכות (אשכנז) | Maḥzor for Sukkot (and Shemini Atseret), compiled and translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1933)A bilingual Hebrew-English festival prayerbook (maḥzor) for Sukkot and Shemini Atseret, according to the liturgical custom of Ashkenaz, as compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by Star Publishing Company in 1933. . . . Categories: Maḥzorim for Sukkot & Shemini Atseret “On the Legalization of Beer” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, p. 32. . . . “On the Eve of Inauguration” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 3 March 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, p. 36. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Inauguration Day (January 20th), Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, Coronations & Inaugurations [Prayer] on the Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States, by Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg (4 March 1933)“On the Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 4 March 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, p. 37. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Inauguration Day (January 20th), Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, Coronations & Inaugurations “On the Los Angeles Earthquake” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 12 March 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 44-45. The earthquake, now known as the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, registered 6.4 on the Richter scale. . . . “The German Crisis” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 3 April 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 59-60. . . . Categories: Kristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan), 🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), 🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), 🇺🇸 Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, 🌐 Day of Democracy (September 15th), Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies “On the Disaster of the Akron” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 5 April 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 61-63. . . . “On Abandoning the Gold Standard” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 21 April 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, p. 74. . . . “On Education Week” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 24 April 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 77-78. . . . This is סדור תפלת ישורון Siddur Tefilat Yeshurun, a comprehensive everyday, shabbat, and festival prayerbook compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer from pages derived from סדור שׂפה ברורה Siddur Sefah Berurah (1928) with translations set against the Hebrew liturgy compiled by Dr. Max Emanuel (Mendel ben Yitsḥaq) Stern (1811-1873). . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim The first prayerbook compiled by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, published by the United Synagogue as a selection of supplemental readings on Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur. . . . ספר רפואת הנפש, פרק ב׳ — תפלה | Sefer Refuat haNefesh — chapter 2: Prayer, by Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein (Society of Jewish Science 1934)A brief explanation of the role of prayer in the Jewish Science movement of Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein and his wife Tehilla Lichtenstein, co-founders of the Society of Jewish Science, in Yiddish with an English translation. . . . Categories: Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer 📖 מענה לשון וזכרון עולם | Maaneh Lashon v’Zikhron Olam: Prayers Upon the Cemetery and In Memory Aeterna, edited by Rabbi Simon Glazer (1935)Based upon the Seder Teḥinot al Bet Almin, by Rabbi Yaaqov Sinna (ca. 1615), a collection of teḥinot for when visiting the graves of loved ones, as well as additional prayers for sick relatives and for women approaching childbirth. . . . Categories: Memorial, Funeral, and Cemetery Prayer Guides 📖 סדר תפלת ישורון (מנהג הספרדים) | Seder Tefilat Yeshurun, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated by Menaḥem-Gershon Glenn (1935)This is סדר תפלת ישורון Book of prayers Tephilath Jeshurun: containing all the prayers for the year according to the custom of the holy congregations of the Sephardim in the Orient and elsewhere translated by Menaḥem ben Mosheh Yeḥezqel and published by the Hebrew Publishing Company in 1935. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 סדר ברכות (אשכנז) | Seder Brakhot: Grace and Blessings for Various Occasions, compiled and translated by Rabbi Simon Glazer (ca. 1935)A bilingual Hebrew-English birkon (book of blessings), according to the liturgical custom of Ashkenaz, as compiled by Rabbi Simon Glazer and published by the Maimon Publishing Company in sometime between 1934 and 1938. . . . Categories: Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers) Rabbi Leo Baeck’s essay on prayer “Gebet im Judentum,” was published in the “Judentum und Gebet” issue of Bne Briss (September/October 1935), top of page 82. . . . Categories: Pedagogical Essays on Jewish Prayer The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1935. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Sidney S. Tedesche on 26 March 1935The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935. . . . מזמור לתודה לכבוד משה איש האלהים | A Thanksgiving in Commemoration of Moses Maimonides, an octocentennial prayer by Ḥakham Shem Tov Gaguine (Bevis Marks Synagogue, 27 May 1935)“A Thanksgiving in Commemoration of Moses Maimonides” with its accompanying Hashkabah is found in the Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to Commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of Moses Maimonides prepared by Bevis Marks Synagogue in London on 27 May 1935. . . . Categories: Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers Prayer for all Jewish Communities in Germany for the Eve of the Day of Atonement, by Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (10 October 1935)This is the prayer which Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck had disseminated to Jewish communities throughout Germany to recite on Yom Kippur, 10 October 1935. The German text here is as found in the archival notes of Helmut Grünewald, Ein Judenjunge durfte kein Deutscher sein (Bristol, 1998), pp. 20-21 in the collection of the Leo Baeck Institute. The English translation is as published by Dr. Michael Meyer in Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times (2020), pp. 106-107. . . . Categories: Kristallnacht (9-10 November, 16 Marḥeshvan), 🌐 Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th), 🇮🇱 Yom haShoah (27 Nisan), Yom Kippur תְּפִלָּה בְּעַד שְׁלוֹם הַמַּמְלָכָה | Modlitwa za Rzeczpospolitą | Prayer for the Second Polish Republic, by Mojżesz Schorr (1936)“Modlitwa za Rzeczpospolitą” by Rabbi Moses Schorr was published in his סדר תפלה Modlitewnik na wszystkie dni w roku oraz modlitwę za Rzeczpospolitą (1936), recto of p. 232. . . . 📖 תפלות ישראל לשבת ושלוש רגלים (אשכנז) | Tefilot Yisrael l’Shabbat v’Shalosh Regalim — Prayers of Israel vol. 2: For the Sabbath and the Festivals, arranged and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak (third revised edition, 1937)A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for Shabbat and the Shalosh Regalim (festivals), compiled and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak. This volume (number 2) complements a second for weekdays and special occasions (vol. 1). . . . 📖 סדר תפלה (אשכנז) | Modlitewnik na wszystkie dni w roku, a bilingual Hebrew-Polish prayerbook translated and arranged by Rabbi Mojżesz Schorr (1936)A bilingual Hebrew-Polish siddur published in the interwar period just before the invasion of Poland and the onset of the Holocaust. . . . Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim 📖 תפלות ישראל לימי חול (אשכנז) | Tefilot Yisrael Limei Ḥol — Prayers of Israel vol.1: For Weekdays and Special Occasions, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak (1937)A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for weekdays and special occasions, compiled and edited by Rabbi Jacob Bosniak. This volume complements a second for Shabbat and the Shalosh Regalim (festivals). . . . Categories: Weekday siddurim | ||
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