Siddur 0 front ‘Prayers of the Israelites’, German-Hebrew, translation by Dr Michael Sachs, ‘Sinai’ Publishing, Tel Aviv, Israel,1988, 12x9x2.5cm
Siddur 1 Israel 5060? 1960?, English-Hebrew, ‘Prayer Book of the Israelites’, from Schwalefeld, municipality Willingen, cover metal semi-precious stone, 12,8x9x2,7cm
Siddur 1, endpaper
Siddur 1, title page, text surrounded by the coats of arms of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Siddur 2 front, ‘Prayers of the Israelites’, German-Hebrew, translation by Dr Michael Sachs, ‘Sinai’ Publishing, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1978, cover metal and semi-precious stone, 12.8x9x2.7cm
Siddur 2 back
Siddur 2, endpaper
Siddur 2, title page
Siddur 2, illustration
Fotos: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
The word ‘siddur’ means ‘order’ and refers to the order and sequence of prayers.
A siddur contains the prayers for everyday life and the Sabbath, i.e. the morning, afternoon and evening prayers and the mussaf prayer, which is only said on the Sabbath and on public holidays. In addition, the Siddur contains blessings to be said in the synagogue or at home, prayers for special occasions and the most important prayers for the High Holidays.
All information has been compiled with the kind support of Mr Beni Pollak, teacher at the State Association of Jewish Communities in Hesse.
The publishing house ‘Sinai’ Publishing, Tel Aviv, Israel, is a publishing house from Vienna and Bratislava, founded there in 1853 by Joseph Schlesinger. It moved its headquarters to Tel Aviv in 1939. Beni Pollak is related to the owners of the publishing house.