Minhag America

Judaic prayer book

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In Isaac Mayer Wise
…and in 1857 published the Minhag America (“American Usage”). It was superseded in 1894 by the Union Prayer Book, which came into being, in large part, because Wise had emphasized so often and so forcefully the need for a standard text. A believer in the universal mission of Judaism, he…
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