Tephiloth B’nei Yeshurun ke-phi Minhag Amerika. The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year. According to the Custom of America. Prepared by Isaac M. Wise.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Bloch & Co

Place

Cincinnati

Publication

1866

Description

Hebrew and English face-`a-face, with original hymns and prayers in English and German.

references

Singerman 1949

summary

Following the appearance in 1857 of Wise’s prayers for the week-day and Sabbath, this is the first Reform Festival prayer-book printed in America. Passages relating to a personal Messiah, the priesthood and a return to and restoration of a political Israel, were all omitted. See J.G. Heller, Isaac M. Wise; His Life, Work and Thought (1965) pp. 302-5 and 385.

pp. 212. Very few light stains. a.e.g. Contemporary cloth boards, spine distressed. Sm. 8vo

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