The first Jewish prayer book to be published in the Soviet Union since the Bolshevik revolution will be printed in Moscow next month, the New York Times reported today from the Soviet Capital. The volume, which will include the daily prayers, Sabbath services and abridged versions of Passover, Yom Kippur and other holiday services, will be financed entirely by voluntary contributions of Soviet Jewish according to the Times. It will be published in an edition of several thousand.
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