This is an interesting book from my antique Hebrew books collection, a book of homilies on several laws of Shabbos (the Sabbath day), compiled from halachic (Jewish legal) authorities and works of Kabbalah, including lighting of the Shabbos candles and the idea of adding time onto Shabbos, written by Rabbi Bezalel ben Solomon Darshan (17th … Continue reading Sefer Korban Shabbos, by Rabbi Betzalel ben Solomon of Kobrin and Slutzk, Dyhrenfurth, 1691.
Month: August 2023
Central Synagogue, Twentieth Annual Report, 1909.
The Central Synagogue, in London, was consecrated in 1870 and stood in Great Portland Street until it was destroyed by a German bomb on 10th May, 1941. It was replaced by the current ‘modern’ synagogue. I have previously written about the previous year's report, printed in 1908. Here is the 1909 Annual Report:
The Stained Glass Windows of Singers Hill Synagogue, Birmingham, (1963).
The Singers Hill Synagogue, in Birmingham, England, built in 1856, is a Grade II listed building, the home of the orthodox Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. The stained glass windows were donated as part of a fund-raiser for a pension scheme for the Synagogue employees and officials. Although I have a copy in my collection, I have … Continue reading The Stained Glass Windows of Singers Hill Synagogue, Birmingham, (1963).
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