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xii, 413 pages. Masterfully bound anew with vellum spine. PREFACE: "The writer of the following pages has felt a more than ordinary interest in Jewish affairs; and has had greater intercourse with British Jews than, probably, any other minister in the United Kingdom. During years past he has availed himself of every opportunity to become acquainted with their various ceremonies, as now practised; and of collecting materials, from which the following work has been compiled. The substance of the first part was delivered in the form of a lecture in the winter of 1850, to more than one literary institution in the Metropolis, and the interest which the subject excited on those occasions induced the writer to prepare the present volume. With the exception of two, all the translations from the Hebrew into English contained in this work are Jewish. Whatever improvement they require, the writer thought it best to retain them as fiimished to him - especially as by far the majority are accredited translations. In making use of the documents also - both written and printed - with which he has been from time to time so kindly favoured by his Jewish friends, he has generally transcribed them verbatim, with now and then a slight alteration in the phraseology. Thus, the following work is only a compilation of existing materials, without anything of the writer's except their arrangement, and the thread on which they are strung together. In describing the various religious duties and ceremonies, the writer has followed the strict, Enlightened Jew. He has not on the one hand crowded his pages with the superstitions of the ignorant, - nor, on the other hand, left out those duties neglected by the irreligious - to whom, by the bye, many of the facts recorded in the following pages are as strange as to the Christian reader; but he has endeavoured to give a faithful account of Judaism as practised by the strict British Jew, modified by the enlightenment of the age. Nor has the writer attempted to discuss the principles upon which the various ceremonies are founded, but has confined himself to a mere statement of facts. The writer readily acknowledges that the completeness of the work is owing much to the information furnished by several of his Jewish Mends¿ especially the Rev. Mr. Aschee, Kev. Mr. Piza, the Editors of the "Jewish Chronicle" and "Hebrew Observer," S. Sequerra, Esq., Mr. J. Vallentine, and Mr. H. Wolf, a Christian Jew. To the Bible reader - for whom the writer has principally prepared the volume - he trusts the work will prove interesting, as most of the ceremonies here detailed furnish a living commentary on many passages of Holy Writ." Table of Contents: THE DOMESTIC HABITS OP THE JEWS - THE JEW - CIRCUMCISION - REDEMPTION - BAR MITSVAH - BETROTHMENT AND MARRIAGE - DIVORCEMENT - DEATH - THE JEWESS - CEREMONY OF NAMING - PRINCIPAL DUTIES - CHALITSAH - DAILY DUTIES OF JEW AND JEWESS - MORNING DUTIES - DUTIES AT MEALS - VARIOUS BLESSINGS - FOOD AND ITS PEEPARING - THE JEWISH RELIGION - THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - THE SYNAGOGUE - THE BUILDING - THE OFFICERS - THE SERVICE - THE MUSIC - MEMBERSHIP - REVENUE - PRIVATE MEETINGS FOR PRAYER - BURIAL SOCIETY - OFFICERS - LADIES BURIAL SOCIETY - BURIAL GROUND - EXPENSES - THE SABBATH - THE NEW MOON - FEASTS AND FASTS - JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN CALENDARS - MONTHS: TISHRI - CHESHVAN - KISLEF - TEVETH - SHEVAT - ADAR - NISSAN - EIYOR - SIVAN - TAMMUZ - AV - ELLUL - THE SEPHARDIM COMMUNITY - THE SPIRIT OF JUDAISM - JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY - CONVERTS TO JUDAISM - Third Part: SOCIAL CONDITION OP THE JEWS - THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - AVOCATIONS - CHARITIES - FRIENDLY SOCIETIES - EDUCATION - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - PRIVATE DITTO - LITERARY INSTITUTION - Rabbinical Institutions, Literature, Political Status, National traits of character, sources of modern Judaism. Seller Inventory # 006918
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Title: The British Jews
Publisher: Houlston & Stoneman
Publication Date: 1853
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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