Eagle Archives, Sept. 21, 1968: On the average of five hours a day for the past year and a half, Philip M. Percus of Lenox has been transcribing an 800-page
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Despite a bounty of competitors, The Birnbaum machzor, first published in 1951 remained a staple of Orthodox synagogues largely because the 'worshipper is not called upon to search from page to page and to commute from reference to reference'
Why a High Holidays prayer book is still going strong after 70 years heritagefl.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heritagefl.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When a local Orthodox synagogue asked me to lead Yom Kippur prayers six years ago, one aspect of the request stood out: Was I comfortable using the “High Holyday Prayer Book” translated and edited by Philip Birnbaum? The archaic spelling of “Holyday” is a tipoff to the book’s longevity. First published in 1951 by the… Read More »