A four-stanza manuscript prayer, possibly recited by a child attending a Hebrew Sunday school, a Jewish foster home, or the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum. The prayer was found tipped into a family Bible belonging to Rebecca Gratz and appears to be a copy of another source. Date of creation is unknown, but the manuscript was discovered in a Bible with a connection to the Gratz family.
Subject: "Childrens Literature", Judaism
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Book published in New York in 1877 by Rev. Dr. DeSola Mendes. This first edition of a children's Bible in the USA provides an abridged version of the story of Noah, staying close to the Book of Genesis, and includes questions to help children recall facts. Singerman 2643 locates only 3 copies; WorldCat lists 2. The book's aim was to present the Biblical text in a simplified form suitable for young children, focusing on factual recall rather than theological interpretation.
Book by Frederick De Sola Mendes, published in New York in 1887. This is the fourth revised and enlarged edition, fourteenth thousand. The book simplifies the text of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and portions of the Prophets and Judges for younger children, with questions following each chapter. The book is bound in contemporary printed paper over boards; hinges are cracked, and a bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. The text is clean but shows light uniform browning. The author was a prominent New York Rabbi and scholar, a founder of the Conservative Jewish publication *The American Hebrew*, and an original member of the New York Board of Jewish Ministers (later renamed the New York Board of Rabbis in 1946). This edition is considered scarce.