The Singlish Publication Society makes books of Jewish prayer without approval of any authority, rabbinic or otherwise. Several congregations use our standard or customized prayer books, and they’re becoming available so you too can get your own copy.
Our books are designed to remove the barriers that prevent many people from joining in at services. The Hebrew is transliterated, the translation is in modern English, we don’t assume that God is exclusively male or that Temple sacrifices are the only real Jewish experience! What’s more, we explain what to do, when in the service to stand and sit, so you can know what to expect.
We have books for synagogue services, home rituals, and more. Our books are gradually moving to Amazon, where you will be able to order them. We use Amazon because, unlike other print-on-demand services, Amazon can print books in the size and shape we need and fill your orders.
Some will say we’ve gone too far and others will say we didn’t go far enough. Everyone can be a critic! And if you find an error, please let us know!
Our blog is for irreverent musings by our chief poet, whose thoughts are his own. You can reach us: singlishps@gmail.com.
You can view copies of our books and see for yourself. Gradually these books are becoming available on Amazon.
Amazon KDP
For years, our favorite short-run printer would print our books and send them to us in boxes. We’d take orders and payment through our website and mail the books. For custom orders of (say) 50 copies or more, we’d ship the books directly from printer to buyer. When we moved to a condo we no longer had space for boxes of unsold books. But in late 2025 someone asked for copies of an out-of-print title. Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing was able to print and deliver books in the size we use, so (with some learning curve) we made books available. Now we can provide books without keeping books in stock.
When you look at our books on Amazon some of them seem to show the back cover instead of the front cover. This is because we told Amazon the books are in English (one out of three columns on a page is Hebrew). When we say a book is Hebrew, Amazon’s system treats it differently; either way, the printed book you buy is correct. Eventually we’ll align all the books on Amazon’s system.
Our Books
You can view the complete text of any of our books:
- Hagadah, with complete traditional text, instructions and notes, and Singlish(tm) translations that you can sing to the same tune as the Hebrew.
- Lechu Neranena for Friday Night, using legacy fonts. The Complete Siddur has all the prayers in this book.
- The Five Books, the five “megillot” we read in services in the Jewish year: Kohelet on the Shabbat of Sukkot, Ester on Purim, Shir HaShirim on the Shabbat of Pesach (and on Friday night in some communities), Rut on Shavu’ot, and Eicha on the Ninth of Av.
- Healing Shattered Hearts, afternoon and evening services for the house of mourning.
- Blessings for Our Food, with Kiddush, Grace After Meals and songs for the home table.
- Synagogue Prayer Services, with complete services for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals.
- Rosh Hashanah (forthcoming), complete services for Rosh Hashanah, including Torah and Haftarah readings.
- Yom Kippur (forthcoming), complete services for Yom Kippur
The Hagadah is the complete, traditional text with translation and transliteration, introduction and notes. Sing the translation to the same tune as the Hebrew. Your rabbi may not approve (so don’t invite your rabbi to your seder).
Lechu Neranena is for Friday Evening services, with legacy Hebrew fonts. (We’ve been around so long, we have legacy!)
The Five books are the five “Megillot” we read in shul: Kohelet on the Shabbat of Sukkot; Ester on Purim; ShirHaShirim on the Shabbat of Pesach; Rut on Shavu’ot; and Eicha on Tisha Be’Av.
Healing Shattered Hearts on Amazon
Healing Shattered Hearts has afternoon and evening services for the House of Mourning, with readings and reflections.
Blessings for Our Food has Kiddush and Bircat Hamazon, with a selection of songs.
Synagogue Services for Weekdays, Shabbat and Festivals covers all synagogue services except Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services are forthcoming.
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