🡄 (Previous day) :: 📅 23 November 2022 📅 25 November 2022 :: (Next day) 🡆 📅 Resources published on 24 November 2022 Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This Thanksgiving Day prayer was offered by Rabbi Sabato Morais at the end of his sermon at Mikve Israel in Philadelphia on 27 November 1873, and reprinted in The Jewish Messenger on 5 December 1873. It was preserved by Rabbi Morais in his ledger (page 61), an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. (Many thanks to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania for helping to make this resource accessible.) This prayer offered by Rabbi Sabato Morais in response to what became known as the Great Chicago Fire was offered at the end of his sermon reprinted in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the following day 1 December 1871. It was preserved by Rabbi Morais in his ledger (page 47), an archive of newsclippings recording material he contributed to the press, among other announcements. (Many thanks to the Library of the University of Pennsylvania for helping to make this resource accessible.) Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Chicago, English vernacular prayer, Epidemic, Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Philadeelphia, prayers for municipalities Contributor(s): | ||
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