American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-31
CONSIDERATION
OF THE JEWS SYNAGOGUE.


Ont the 29th of August, an interesting scene took
place in the Great Synagogue, Jews Place, London
The building having been thoroughly overhauled
and repaired, and fitted up in great splendor, the
ceremony Of conservation commenced.
THE gallery was crowded with females, many
of whom very beautiful, and all attired in that
fashionable splendor which forms principal char
acterisc ofthe nation. Soon after O'Clock, the
hour appointed for the ceremony, the Chief Rabbi,
attended by the Wardens Elders, and other Off
Of the Synagogue, bearing the rolls OF the Laws
appeared at the door of the Synagogue the Chief
Rabbi was in his full costume under canopy oil
state, supported by six persons; the Chief Rabbi
then exclaimed, open unto us the gates OF righie-
business we will enter them and praise the Lord -
they then all entered in procession proceeded by
SIX little boys tastelully atred each carrying large
silver basket filled with different flowers which they
strewed along the path over which the procession
passed. In this manner they Circumambulated
the Synagogue seven times, during which time Sc
ven appropriate psalms were chanted by the
Reader and Choir, the music of which was excee-
dinghy grand.
"Upon the procession approaching the Ark
for the seventh time, the rolls OF laws which were
all secured in peculiar cases, most splenddiy or
namenled, were seVerally placed within the ARK,
The Chief Rabbi then delivered prayer on behalf
Of the whole congregation, IN which he particularly
noticed the providenal discovery Of the state othe
building. Three of the rolls were then taken from
the Ark and conveyed in procession to an elevated
spot in the centre of the Synagogue, when the Read
er, surrounded by all the officers delivered in We
nv solemn manner, in the Hebrew language
the following prayer for the King and the Roya
Family -
"He who disposeth Salvation unto kings and do
mnon unto princess whose kingdom is an evcrlast
ing kingdom, who delivered his servant David from
The destructive sword who maketh way in the sea
and path through the mighty wilderness, may III
bless and preserve, guard, assist, exat and great!
aggrandise our Sovereign Lord King George tn
Fourth, and all the Royal Family. May the Su
preme King of Kings through his infinite mercy
grant them life, preserve and deliver them from al
manner of trouble, sorrow, and danger. Subdu
the nations under the soeS of the kings feet caus
his enemies TO fall before him. and grant him to reg
prosperously.
May the Supreme King Of Kings through hi
Infinite mercy, inspire him and his counsellors an
mobiles with benevoence towards US and all lsrae
In his DAYS and in ours may Judah be saved, and l:
rae dwell in safety, and may the Redeemer com
unto Zion, which Cod in his infinite mercy gran
e and we will say--Amen."
h "The rolls Of the laws being replaced in tn
: Ark and some other peculiar forms of service ha'
! ing oeen gone throu6"' suo'e' -P -
i towards defrayng the expenses of the building, an
r lin very short time near $1,000 was collecte'
n The mode of conducting the subscription was mo
curious one ; for the Sabbath having Just CONNER
ced as The subscription was opened, no money
cheques passed, aud every moment one might s.
1.-The officers who were collecting the names OF Il
subscribers hold up their fingers to any frien'
\. whom they saw at distance, which was to ask HI
Al lhow muc he meant to subscribe. AS many hinge
y as the individual held upin return, he was immet
= ateIy nut down for so many guneas. The suescri
= lions we're afterwards announced 10 HeoreV
r. after this was over the ordinary forms oil the Sa
4 bath eve commenced"
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