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![]() Caroline de Litchfield HarbyCaroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), a poet, was associated with her brother Isaac Harby, co-founder of Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, in his educational work in New York. Several of her hymns are included in the hymn-book of Beth Elohim (1842/1856), and one prayer of hers can be found among the handwritten prayerbooks of the Reformed Society of Israel. |
Contributed on: 12 Oct 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Caroline de Litchfield Harby | Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | ❧
“Eternal love is Thine,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first publishedin 1842, appears under the subject “Day of Atonement: Yom HaKippureem” as Hymn 62 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 64. . . .
Contributed on: 12 Oct 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Caroline de Litchfield Harby | Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | ❧
“God of my fathers! merciful and just,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first published in 1842, appears under the subject “Immortality of the Soul” as Hymn 53 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 55. That page is missing in the one copy of the first edition we know to exist. Thankfully, the hymn appears under the same subject as Hymn 39 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), p. 43. . . .
Contributed on: 12 Oct 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Caroline de Litchfield Harby | Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) | ❧
“O uncreated Holy One!” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first published in 1842, appears under the subject “Praise and Thanksgiving” as Hymn 46 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 49. . . .
Contributed on: 15 Oct 2021 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Caroline de Litchfield Harby | Reformed Society of Israelites | ❧
“Sabbath Blessing” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), is included in the so-called Isaac Harby Prayerbook (1974) also known as the Cohn Lithograph, a handwritten prayerbook attesting to the prayers of the Reformed Society of Israel. . . .