Posts by Shalom Morris
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Virtual Tours of Bevis Marks Synagogue every Tuesday in May. Booking deadline 12 noon.
Two years ago I wrote about a controversy which occurred in 1827 in the London S&P between Haham Meldola and Hazzan Almosnino. They debated about instances of 'sheva na' and 'sheva nah.' This past week I found a list of 'sheva na' in the London archives submitted by Rev Meldola to the Mahamad through the gabay M Montefiore in the year 1827! Find the link to blog post below and photos from the arch...
Is anyone in our group from Montreal? I’m wondering if someone could look up something for me from the Rev Abraham de Sola collection at McGill? I don’t expect more than 30 minutes of time. Please pm me. Thank you!
I came across this 1859 letter about the Minhag while doing research at the Katz Center for Judaic Studies at Penn. It was sent from David ? of London to Rev Sabato Morais of Philadelphia. Do these practices still square up with what is done today across the S&P?
What is the S&P custom concerning Hatarat Nedarim?
In New York's C Shearith Israel 70 kolot are sounded (30 + 30 during musaf repetition + 10 before titkabal). In London another 30 are sounded at the conclusion of the Kaddish. According to KST it was the custom of the Eastern Sephardim (kabbalists?) to sounds 100 kolot because of Em Sisra (He is silent about Western Sephardim). They added their 30 though during the silent Musaf. I suspect CSI is t...
London, New York, Philadelphia and Amsterdam each have Synagogue crests. Do any other S&P congregations have them? Please share any examples. Thank you!
"I decided to conduct my own informal census of the current state of the Western Sephardic diaspora."
"I decided to conduct my own informal census of the current state of the Western Sephardic diaspora." - Thank you to all those in the group who helped me to put these numbers together
How many members are there in each of the existing Western Sephardic synagogues?New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Yerushalyim, Paris, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Venice, Livorno, Naples, Genoa, Florence, Others?
“Eventually the community adopted the Sephardic rite.”
“Eventually the community adopted the Sephardic rite.”
Reflections from last week's 90th Anniversary celebration at Holland Park Synagogue
Reflections from last week's 90th Anniversary celebration at Holland Park Synagogue
Hi Everyone, I'm researching several mid-19th century families and am wondering if anyone already has family trees of them. Mendes Belisario, Aguilar, Lindo (London and Jamaica). I've found mistakes in the literature concerning some of these people, though it is clear that there are marriage connections between these families. I'm therefore trying to piece together their family trees beyond a rand...
Hi All, shavua tov. Might anyone have access to this book? There is a chapter on Sasportas in London by Isaiah Tishby. Thanks!
Shabbat Shalom!
Shabbat Shalom!
Does anyone have a digital copy of this article or able to scan it for me? Thank you. Solomon, H.P. (1969). "The Strange Odyssey of Bendigamos". The American Sephardi.