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![]() Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit ShalomeFounded in 1789 by Spanish and Portuguese Jews as Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Shalome (Hebrew: Holy Congregation, House of Peace,) it is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. (via wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Ahabah |
Contributed on: 19 Feb 2012 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Abe Katz (translation) | Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Shalome | ❧
The following prayer for the government was composed by Congregation Beth Shalome in Richmond, Virginia in 1789. Please note the acrostic portion of the prayer in which the initial letters of the succeeding lines form the name: Washington. . . .