Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-18


DEDICATION OF THE NEW SYNAGOGUE ON
LoDeE-srREET, NEAR SEvERTH.--The chill
dren Of Israel have erected beautiful tenn
pleupon the site wherein, not long ago, stood
a shrine dedicated TO another worship--that
of Venus. The new building Is decided
improvement Supon the old one, and is work
of art, neat capacious chaste and beautiful.
The exercises of its dedication yesterday
afternoon were conducted with all the cere-
monials usual with the orthodox of Israel
we say orthodox, for there are as many
schisms, creeds, doctrines and practices
| among Gods chosen people as among Cen
tiles, and this, the seventh of the Hebrew
persuasion in Cincinnati, we take to be or
thodox, inRsmuch as the Rabbi chosen to
preside over the ceremonies was the Rev.
| MIR. Lesser of Philadelphia, an able, learned
and eloquent priest of the old regime.
The exercises were peculiar but interest
| ing The elders preceded by troops of boys
and girls bearing bouquets and little banners
with Scriptural Inscriptions in Hebrew, and
Il band Of music marched into the chamber.
The Rabbi stood before the Tabernacle, the
readers at the desk, and three elders bearing
the sacred archives, preceded by two officials
| chanting prayers, marched seven times
around the aisles, between each pilgrimage
the band playing bar or so of sacred music
The Rabbi then addressed the congrega-
lion in a plain, sensible and eloquent En-.
glish exhortation, in which he chiefly ineul.
Gated love of God and the neighbors. He
said, quoting. from Isaiah, that God planted {
vineyard, and explained its cultivation, uses
and blessings, but found nothing save worth
less fruit.
l When he came, Israel was the emblem o
that vineyard and had received the word O
God direct on Sinai. The word given ther,
was the truth as much now as then; th'
word given there was the beginning of hu
man progress civilization. Men had per
verted, changed and obscured it by Moham
mechanism, Christianity and the like; but tn
laws of Sinai were still unchanged and true
He deplored the innovation Of schism an,
progress so called. He preferred TO see Is
rael in all her pristine glory. Ifmen wante'
to be Christians and Pagans, why build syn
agogues2 Israel and her ritual and ceremo
nials'existed before constitutions and repub
lies; before France, England and Americ
were, Israel was. Moses and his holy com
mands existed before Rome and Greece, an
the law of love 10 the Lord and the neigh
Dor was before modern governments an
would exist long after they are crumbled
Z to dust.
, He was quite eloquent upon the conditio
: of the sufferings of Israel in the middle age
when life was held upon sufferance merel,
, , and science, agriculture, art and progrel
were closed to the poor Jew. Education,
! said, is what Israel wants. Now every fel
! Of human habitude is open, and Israelits
adorn them all. 4 Be faithful, charitabl
9 earnest, honest and true to the principles 70
? profess. Without practice, principles Al
: words only repeat to jews, If such is yol
!, | profession. lar..s 81 as r. 80,
Our extremely limited space does not pc
:. nit further notice of this eloquent lectur
: The entire ceremony passed off in very sati
factory style, and seemed to be highly int
| esting to all who witnessed il.