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The first Jewish calendar printed in America, Only The second book printed for American Jews.  A Lunar Calendar, of the Festivals and Other Days in the Year Observed by the Israelites…The whole of which having been carefully examined and corrected its utility has obtained the voluntary acknowledgment and approbation of Rev. Mr. Seixas, the respectable hazan of the K.K. Shearith Israel in New York. By Moses Lopez. Newport, Rhode Island. 1806    Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745–1816) was the minister of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York from 1768 to 1776 and again from 1784 to 1816. He was the first native-born Jewish minister in the United States. Aside from two published sermons, this calendar is his only work produced for the American Jewish Community.   For Jews everywhere, a calendar with corresponding civil and Jewish dates is an essential household and congregational need as Jewish holidays and observances fall on different civil dates each year. It is thus no surprise that the second book published for American Jewry was Moses Lopez's fifty-four-year calendar, covering the years 1805-1859.  Among the supplementary material is a table for determining ”the Hour to commence the Sabbath, in the City of New-York,” which ”may, with a small variation, answer well for all the Northern States of America.” Also included is a table listing the Torah and Haftarah readings for the Sabbaths and Festivals. 132p, 14.5x8.5cm, excellent condition, final errata leaf lacking and replaced in high quietly facsimile. Calendric tables throughout. Contemporary marbled boards, spine restored.