A Hebrew broadside containing Penitential Prayers (Selichoth) for Yom Kippur, published in 1847 for Congregation Sha'are Tefilah in New York City. The broadside specifies the prayers to be recited and indicates the congregation's location on Franklin Street. This printing is possibly the earliest known American printing of this liturgy.
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A Hebrew broadside featuring the penitential prayer "El Melekh Yoshev" ("God, the King who sits..."). Printed on stiff paper, resembling stone tablets. One side includes a woodcut illustration of Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac. This broadside likely served as an insert for prayer books, a cost-saving practice common in the mid-19th century. Published circa 1850.
A Hebrew broadside containing a penitential prayer beginning with the words "El Melekh Yoshev" ('The Divine King sitting'). Printed in Hanover, Germany, circa 1830 by Shelomoh Bloch. This prayer, a type of selihah, was printed separately to save cost, possibly to be inserted into imported prayer books.