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Lot 203

Booklet about Revising the Version of Prayers – Jewish Congregation in Australia, 1876

The Jewish Prayer Book as it is and as it ought to be. Melbourne-Sydney-Adelaide: George Robertson, 1876. English.
A reprint of a series of compositions published in the London newspaper “The Jewish World” about the creation of a non-orthodox prayer book and mainly the omission of Piyyutim from the Sidur. An introduction calls for a similar reform in the version of prayers of the Jewish congregation in Australia (written anonymously). VIII, 76 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Significant foxing. Front cover detached.