About Hamadrikh and the Author
Hamadrikh: The Rabbi's Guide
This manual has been devised for the express purpose of giving the Rabbi, or anyone officiating at a Jewish ceremonial or ritual, a concise and practical aid that will facilitate the task of officiating, and will obviate the necessity of resorting to the voluminous literature pertaining thereto.
The prayers and texts used for recitations on various occasions are given in their entirety so that there is no need during a ritual to scan the book in order to complete a particular service: the instructions are given in chronological sequence, and the prayers and texts for recitation follow the instructions. The Midrashic and Talmudic excerpts given at the end of the volume bear upon the subjects covered in the book and are intended to serve as source material for sermons and speeches for special occasions.
The references indicating the sources will be of interest to those wishing further elucidation or information. The need for a practical manual of this sort has been long felt, and we are confident that this volume will accomplish the purpose for which it is intended.
Hyman E. Goldin
New York, April 1939
Rabbi Hyman E. Goldin
Rabbi Hyman Elias Goldin, LL.B. (1931), near Vilna, March 15th, 1871, was a Lithuanian-American Orthodox Rabbi, attorney, and Judaic scholar. As a prolific author of English-language Jewish literature, he wrote over fifty works and translated numerous others.
Rabbi Hyman E. Goldin was the son of a shoemaker and studied at the Yeshiva of Vilna, where he was ordained as a Rabbi. He emigrated from the Eishishok Shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1900 and settled in Brooklyn, where he taught himself to read, write, and speak English. Afterward, Rabbi Goldin graduated from New York University Law School and practiced law for four years.
Perhaps one of his most famous works, Rabbi Goldin's "Hamadrikh," was the Rabbi's Guide. This guide was used by many Orthodox Rabbis and other spiritual leaders for decades and is still used by some today. Further, Rabbi Goldin had been the principal of the Machzike Talmud Torah of Brooklyn, which he taught to read, write, and speak English. Afterward, Rabbi Goldin graduated from New York University Law School and practiced law for four years.
Rabbi Hyman Elias Goldin passed away in his Brooklyn home on March 15th, 1971, at the age of 90.
