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(INDIA). Selichoth - The Jewish Propitiatory Prayer: or A Prayer for the Forgiveness of Sins. Translated from Hebrew into Marathi by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurker, teacher in David Sasoon’s Benevolent Institution. Published by the Bene-Israel Improvement Society. Text in Marathi with occasional use of Hebrew. Two title pages, English and Marathi. pp. (8), 60. Browned and trace wormed. Modern boards. 8vo. Yaari, Bombay 95 (citing only one copy located in the Sassoon Collection). Bombay, Gunput Krushnajee Press, 1859. The first prayer-book issued in Marathi for the Bene Israel community of Bombay.