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British Jewry —⟶ tag: British Jewry Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This prayer and “A Prayer for Knowledge of the Messiah” were published as “Two Short Prayers” with a lengthy introduction probably penned by Isaac Leeser in the Occident 9:5, Ab 5611/August 1851, p.253-255. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Ahavat Hashem, Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, תחינות teḥinot, to love the divine Contributor(s): This prayer in support of the Crimean War was offered by Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire on the National Day of Humiliation and Prayer, 26 April 1854, and published in The Asmonian (19 May 1854), on page 6. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Empire, British Jewry, Crimea, Crimean War, English vernacular prayer, Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Second French Empire Contributor(s): This “Prayer for a day of prayer and humiliation on account of the revolt in India” is the second of two prayers appearing in article titled, “Humiliation” appearing in The Asmonean (6 November 1857), on page 5. As an introduction, the article begins: “The British nation have been holding a day of humiliation on account of the revolt in India. The following are copies of the prayers specially composed for the occasion.” The prayer is attributed simply to the S&P Synagogue (in London, a/k/a Bevis Marks Congregation) but the author was likely the Hazan of the synagogue at the time, Rabbi David de Aaron de Sola. . . . This “Prayer for a day of prayer and humiliation on account of the revolt in India” is the first of two prayers appearing in an article titled, “Humiliation” appearing in The Asmonean (6 November 1857), on page 5. As an introduction, the article begins: “The British nation have been holding a day of humiliation on account of the revolt in India. The following are copies of the prayers specially composed for the occasion.” The prayer is attributed simply to the Synagogues of the United Congregations of the British Empire but the author was likely its chief rabbi, Nathan Marcus Adler. . . . Categories: Tags: British East India Company, British Empire, British Jewry, Colonialism, Hindustan, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Mughal Empire Contributor(s): The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Queen Victoria. . . . This is a prayer for cattle afflicted by an epizootic contagion (in this case, Rinderpest, a/k/a cattle plague), and for the protection of human beings from cholera, prescribed by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain, Nathan Marcus Adler, and published in The Hebrew Leader (24 November 1865), p. 1. . . . Categories: Tags: 1863–1875 cholera pandemic, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., animal protection, British Jewry, domesticated animals, English vernacular prayer, epizootic contagion Contributor(s): The prayer at the consecration of the Central Synagogue (in London) offered by the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, Nathan Marcus Adler, on 7 April 1870. The prayer was reprinted in “A Sermon By the Chief Rabbi,” The Israelite, vol. 117 part 14 (29 April 1870), page 9. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, dedications and consecrations, English vernacular prayer, synagogue consecration Contributor(s): An Ashkenazi siddur with an original translation by Tsvi Hirsch Filipowski. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Anglo Jewry, British Jewry, Needing Decompilation, Needing Proofreading, Needing Transcription, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz Contributor(s): “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. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, אל שמר El Shemor, Great Britain, national anthems, Needing Attribution, Queen Victoria, Queens Contributor(s): A prayer for the end of a cholera epidemic written by Rabbi Dr. Moses Gaster in 1892. . . . Categories: Tags: 1881–1896 cholera pandemic, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Epidemic, Spanish-Portuguese Contributor(s): Prayers for Jewish Working Girls (1895) is a collection of prayers in vernacular English by Lilian Helen Montagu (1873-1963). The prayerbook was dedicated to the members of the West Central Girls’ Club, founded in 1893 by Lilian and co-led by her and her sister Marian Montagu. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English, West Central Girls' Club Contributor(s): A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union, London (1902) is the original “provisional” edition of the nascent Jewish Religious Union of London, the pioneering Liberal (Reform movement) congregation in the United Kingdom. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Liberal Movement for Progressive Judaism in Britain Contributor(s): A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns… (Jewish Religious Union 1903) is the expanded second, revised provisional edition of the nascent Jewish Religious Union of London, the pioneering Liberal (Reform movement) congregation in the United Kingdom. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Liberal Movement for Progressive Judaism in Britain Contributor(s): This prayer for communal prayer first appears in A Selection of Prayers, Psalms, and Other Scriptural Passages, and Hymns for Use at the Services of the Jewish Religious Union (1902), where it is №5 on page 6. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Liberal Movement for Progressive Judaism in Britain, Prayers for Praying Contributor(s): The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Edward VII. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Empire, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah Contributor(s): A bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook for soldiers and sailors in the service of His Majesty’s army and navy during World War One . . . “Prayer for Sailors and Soldiers on Active Service,” was likely written by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz and published at the outset of the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 5. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, German Empire, military, Second Reich, World War Ⅰ Contributor(s): “Prayer Composed by the Chief Rabbi on the Declaration of War. (August 1914.),” by Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, was published in the Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers [of H.M. Forces] (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1914), p. 32. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, German Empire, military, Second Reich, World War Ⅰ Contributor(s): Basil L.Q. Henriques’s prayer “For Sincerity” was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George’s Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue (1929), “Special Prayers” section, page 93. . . . Basil L.Q. Henriques’s prayer “For Purity” was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George’s Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue (1929), “Special Prayers” section, page 96. . . . | ||
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