A Lunar Calendar, of the Festivals, and Other Days in the Year, Observed by the Israelites, Moses Lopez, Newport, Rhode Island: Office of the Newport Mercury, 1806

12mo (5¾ x 3½ in.; 146 x 89 mm). collation: A-Q^{4, R2=66 leaves, plus 1-page manuscript addition, Calendric tables throughout; some spotting in first three leaves, somewhat browned throughout. Antique blindruled calf, spine gilt, gold-stamped red leather title label on spine.}

Jonathan D. Sarna, "An Eighteenth Century Hebrew Lu'ah from Pennsylvania", in American Jewish Archives Journal,  vol. LVII  #1&2  (2005) pp. 25-27; Ari G.M. Kinsberg,  People of Faith, Land of Promise, Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, 2004

12mo (5 ¾ x 3 ½ in.; 146 x 89 mm). collation: A-Q4, R2=66 leaves, plus 1-page manuscript addition, Calendric tables throughout; some spotting in first three leaves, somewhat browned throughout. Antique blindruled calf, spine gilt, gold-stamped red leather title label on spine.
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the first Jewish calendar printed in America

For Jews everywhere, a calendar with corresponding civil and Jewish dates is an essential household and congregational need as Jewish holidays and observances fall on different civil dates each year. It is thus no surprise that the second book published for American Jewry was Moses Lopez's fifty-four-year calendar, covering the years 1805-1859.

Among the supplementary material is a table for determining "the Hour to commence the Sabbath, in the City of New-York," which "may, with a small variation, answer well for all the Northern States of America." This useful table was originally compiled in 1759 by Rev. Hazan Joseph Jessurun and American Jews continued to consult it until at least the 1850s. Also included is a table listing the Torah and Haftarah readings for the Sabbaths and Festivals.