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Lord! What is Man That Thou Should’st Take (Psalms 144), a hymn on “Religious Education of Israel’s Youth” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“Lord! what is man, that thou should’st take (Psalm CXLIV),” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Religious Education of Israel’s Youth” as Hymn 19 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 23.

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, paraliturgical Psalms 144, South Carolina

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Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

When Faith Too Young for a Sublimer Creed, a hymn by Penina Moïse for the consecration of her synagogue (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

This hymn for the 1842/5601 consecration of Congregation Beth Elohim by Penina Moïse, and was published that year as Hymn 1 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 5-6.

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, synagogue consecration

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Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer at the Consecration of the Central Synagogue by chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler (7 April 1870)

The prayer at the consecration of the Central Synagogue (in London) offered by the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, Nathan Marcus Adler, on 7 April 1870. The prayer was reprinted in “A Sermon By the Chief Rabbi,” The Israelite, vol. 117 part 14 (29 April 1870), page 9.

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Congregation & Community, Homes & Community Centers

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, dedications and consecrations, English vernacular prayer, synagogue consecration

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Nathan Marcus Adler, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer at the Dedication of the Home for the Aged and Infirm by the I.O.B.B. District Grand Lodge №1 by Rabbi Henry Samuel Jacobs (28 June 1882)

This prayer by Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs was offered at the Dedication of the Home for the Aged and Infirm by the District Grand Lodge No. 1 Independent Order of B’né B’rith on 28 June 1882 and published in their Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 1 I.O.B.B. Held January 29, 30, and 31, 1882, pp. 68-70.

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Congregation & Community, Homes & Community Centers

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Freemasons

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Henry Samuel Jacobs

Prayer for the Centennial of Ḳ.Ḳ. Miḳveh Israel (Philadelphia), by Rabbi Sabato Morais (30 March 1883)

This prayer appears in conclusion to “A Summary of the Centenary History of the Mikve Israel Congregation, by Rev. S. Morais” published in the The Jewish Record on 30 March 1883, a clipping of which is found on page 200in the Sobato Morais Scrapbook (a/k/a, the Morais Ledger).

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Ḳ.Ḳ. Miḳveh Israel (Philadelphia), Synagogues

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Sabato Morais and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer at the 25th Anniversary of the I.O.B.B. Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York by Rabbi Henry Samuel Jacobs (16 December 1888)

This prayer by Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs was offered at the 25th anniversary of the Independent Order of B’ne B’rith’s Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York on 16 December 1888 and published in The Menorah, vol. 6, no. 1 (January 1889), p. 61. The Isaiah Lodge №49 of New York was founded on 20 December 1863.

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Freemasons

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Henry Samuel Jacobs

The Tabernacle, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1891)

“The Tabernacle” by Rosa Emma Collins née Salaman was published in The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star vol. 56, p. 688.

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems, המשכן the Mishkan, Trees

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Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Congregation and the Government, by the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1895)

A prayer for the government composed by the Central Conference of American Rabbis and included in their Union Prayer Book.

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Government & Country, Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 United States of America

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, English vernacular prayer, United States

Contributor(s):

Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR] and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Thanksgiving to the Almighty for the Centenary of the Gate of Mercy Synagogue, Bombay — by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (13 May 1896)

On 13 May 18967, Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar offered this prayer in Hebrew with translations in Marathi and English, on behalf of the congregation of the Gates of Prayer Synagogue (Bombay/Mumbai), for the 100th anniversary of the synagogue’s founding in 1796.

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Congregation & Community

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Bene Israel, Jews of India, Marathi translation, Needing Proofreading, Queen Victoria, Synagogues

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (translation)

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