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Szold, Benjamin, compiler. translated by Marcus Jastrow : SONGS AND PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS FOR DIVINE SERVICES OF ISRAELITES

M. Jastrow, Philadelphia, 1885

Leather; small 8vo. Iv, 104, vi, 590 pages. Embossed boards; raised bands; gilt titles; burgundy endpapers. Title page on verso: "Abodath Yisrael (in Hebrew) : Israelitish Prayer Book for all the Public Services of the Year. " English and Hebrew on facing pages. Appendix page 579 ff. Benjamin Szold was a Hungarian-born rabbi who became rabbi to Congregation Oheb Shalom in Baltimore. "Oheb Shalom was then on the verge of becoming Reform, but Szold led it to a Judaism which allowed for innovations in ritual practice, but not in basic tenets. He recognized and employed the educational potential of the regular Sabbath sermon. He introduced his own prayer book, Avodat Yisrael (1867) , to replace the previously used Minhag Amerikah (1857) by I. M. Wise, and the traditional siddur. The Avodat Yisrael was widely adopted by congregations throughout the country. Under Szold's leadership Oheb Shalom became one of the foremost American congregations. " (Gladys Rosen, EJ) Marcus Jastrow was a Polish-born rabbi and author who emigrated to the United States and became rabbi to Rodeph Shalom, a congregation in Philadelphia largely composed of German immigrants. He introduced some reforms, such as the use of an organ and of this prayer book; however; he opposed radical reform and emerged as one of the leaders of the historical school, which developed into Conservative Judaism. (EJ) "The authors of the American prayer-books were extremely radical in the abridgment of the Hebrew text and in eliminating all references to a personal Messiah, the restoration, and the resurrection of the dead, and in place of "resurrection, " "immortality" was sometimes substituted. " (JE) Singerman 2399; Deinard 946. SUBJECT: Jewish hymns. Hymns, English. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NY Public Library, Union Theological Seminary, JNUL) . Hebrew-side title page in facsimile only. Edgeworn; front cover and backstrip absent; back cover detached but present. Ex-library with minimal markings. Otherwise, good condition. (AMR-1-6)

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