The Hamburg Reform temple was dedicated in 1818, and in 1819 this prayer book was published to accord with the liturgical ritual of the new congregation. It abbreviates the Hebrew service by omitting prayers deemed unimportant by the compilers, modifies prayers to eliminate mention of a personal Messiah for a Messianic era, omits and modifies some but not all prayers referring to the ingathering of all Jews to Erez Israel. Seder ha-Avodah aroused considerable opposition and passion, being considered by many as pure heresy and resulted in polemics trom both sides. Seder ha-Avodah is an important work documenting the change trom traditional services to those of Reform.

Title: Gebetbuch fuer die oeffentliche und haeusliche Andacht der Israeliten, nach dem Gebrauch des Neuen Israelitischen Tempels in Hamburg.