The book Statutory Jewish Prayers is a collection of essays by Ezra Fleisher on the subject of prayer and synagogue rituals. The two volumes of this book include Fleishers fundamental essays about the essence and emergence of statutory prayer in Israel. This text is accompanied by ancient versions of Israelite prayer found in the Cairo Geniza Collection in Geneva. The book also includes descriptions of other rituals and customs exercised in Israelite synagogues such as Rosh Hodesh (new moon) customs and special ways to blow the shofar on the Sabath. Torah and Haftorah (additional reading from the prophets) reading are also referenced. The book ends with a detailed inspection of a few important Mahzorim.

This book delineates the history and development of Hebrew liturgical poetry from the very early types of piyyut in Eretz Israel to the late European piyyut with its two major schools: the Spanish and Italian-Ashkenazi.

The Geniza documents have shed new light on the special liturgical formulations of the Israelites' Amidah prayer on Shabbat, Rosh Hodeshת and holidays. This study discusses their Shabbat and holiday prayer customs and the order in which they used to read the Torah and Nevi'im books. These issues are examined through some three hundred manuscripts discovered at the Cairo Geniza. The findings lead to conclusions which determine the unique nature of the lost ancient customs in Eretz Israel. "An outstanding treatment of the Palestinian rite and of the Geniza evidence relating to it." - Stefan C. Reif