Sidur Siphthei Tzaddikim / The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA) LEESER, ISAAC (Ed).

Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell

Philadelphia

1837-38

Complete set of six volumes. Hebrew with English translation face `a face. Vol. I (Daily Prayers): pp. 8; ff. 216. Vol. II (New Year): ff. 121. Vol. III (Day of Atonement): ff. (2), 246 + supplement pp. 3. Vol. IV (Tabernacles): ff. 176. Vol. V (Passover and Pentecost): ff. 182. Vol. VI (Fast Day): ff. (2), 186; pp. (4), 12, including two-page List of Subscribers. Exceptional Condition. Bound in fine period-style uniform full tan calf, spines titled in gilt.

Goldman, 36; Vinograd, Philadelphia 12.

The First Comprehensive Set of Machzorim Printed in America. A Complete Set in Six Volumes of the Jewish Liturgy for the Entire Year. Sidur Sifthei Tzadikim, Isaac Leeser’s comprehensive prayer book, was the first American edition containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the original Hebrew text and an original English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book to audiences both in America and the British Colonies in the Caribbean and thus included both “A Prayer for a Royal Government” and “A Prayer for a Republican Government” (see Vol. I, ff. 114-115). A landmark in the early flowering of the Religious Jewish Community of America.