📖 עלת תמיד (רפורמי) | Olat Tamid: Gebetbuch für Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden, by Rabbi David Einhorn (1858)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=19572

Date: 2018-03-24

Last Updated: 2023-04-07

Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, German Jewry, German Reform Movement, German-speaking Jewry, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation

Excerpt: Rabbi David Einhorn’s prayer book `Olat Tamid (lit. the perpetual sacrifice)...first penned in Germany, served as the model for the Union Prayer Book,....the prayer book of the American Reform movement for almost eight decades. It reflected what is now called “classical Reform,” eliminating prayers for the restoration of Zion, mentions of the messiah, and bodily resurrection of the dead, while diminishing mentions of Jewish chosenness and the like. This is עלת תמיד Olat Tamid by Rev. Dr. David Einhorn (1809-1878), in its German-Hebrew edition (1858). . . .

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This is עלת תמיד Olath Tamid by Rev. Dr. David Einhorn (1809-1878), in its German-Hebrew edition (1858). Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx writes:

Rabbi David Einhorn’s prayer book `Olat Tamid (lit. the perpetual sacrifice)…first penned in Germany, served as the model for the Union Prayer Book,….the prayer book of the American Reform movement for almost eight decades. It reflected what is now called “classical Reform,” eliminating prayers for the restoration of Zion, mentions of the messiah, and bodily resurrection of the dead, while diminishing mentions of Jewish chosenness and the like.

This work is in the Public Domain due to its having been published more than 95 years ago.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)
  Bio: Aharon Varady, founding director of the Open Siddur Project, is a copyright researcher and amateur book scanner. He prepares digital images and new digital editions of prayer books and related works in the Public Domain in order to make their constituent parts (prayers, translations, annotations, etc.) publicly accessible for collaborative transcription by project volunteers. (In some cases, he finds existing digital editions prepared by others that require correction and reformatting.) If you appreciate his efforts, please send him a kind note or contribute to his patreon account.
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  Name: David Einhorn
  Bio: David Einhorn (November 10, 1809 – November 2, 1879) was a German-Jewish rabbi and leader of Reform Judaism in the United States. Einhorn was chosen in 1855 as the first rabbi of the Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, the oldest congregation in the United States that has been affiliated with the Reform movement since its inception. While there, he compiled a siddur in German and Hebrew, one of the early Reform Jewish prayerbooks in the United States. (The siddur, later translated to English, became one of the progenitors of the Reform Movement's Union Prayer Book.) In 1861, Einhorn's life was threatened by a mob angered by his strong abolitionist anti-slavery views, and was forced to flee to Philadelphia. There he became rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. He moved to New York City in 1866, where he became rabbi of Congregation Adath Israel. (from his wikipedia article)
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Einhorn_(rabbi)
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/david-einhorn

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Title: Olat Tamid – Gebetbuch fur Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden (David Einhorn 1858) title page
Caption: Olat Tamid - Gebetbuch fur Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden (David Einhorn 1858) title page