(Liturgy). Olath Tamid - Book of Prayers for Israelitish Congregations. Prepared by David Einhorn.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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Lot 36
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

(Liturgy). Olath Tamid - Book of Prayers for Israelitish Congregations. Prepared by David Einhorn.

<<FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION>> . pp. vi, 394. Brittle, title loose. Modern boards, all edges gilt. 8vo. Singerman 2340 (records just two copies); not in Goldman.

New York: C.W. Schneidereith 1872

Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
David Einhorn’s radical reform prayer-book. <<First appearance in English>> from the original German. Prepared for Congregation Adath Jeshurun. “A radical departure from the traditional prayer book…its pagination is from left to right and its changes are both substantial and substantive.” A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress (1991) pp.303-304. David Einhorn (1809-79) emigrated from Germany to America in 1855, where he became the broadly accepted senior leader of the Reform Movement. He advocated the introduction of prayers in the vernacular, the exclusion of nationalistic hopes from the synagogue service and many other ritual modifications.