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On May 21, 1889, the congregation dedicated a Romanesque Revival / Moorish Revival synagogue building at the southeast corner of Monroe and Prairie Streets. [1] [2] It is one of the relatively few surviving 19th century synagogue buildings in the United States. [3] In 1959 the congregation moved to a new building in the Fairway Knolls ...
Kiddush clubs are a fixture of Saturday morning shacharit services in Orthodox, and particularly Modern Orthodox synagogues. [1] In a typical kiddush club, members of the "club"–generally men–leave the synagogue's prayer hall during either the Torah reading, the haftarah reading or the rabbi's sermon which generally follows it, and go to another room in the synagogue to drink and socialize.
Cantors lead worship, officiate at lifecycle events, teach adults and children, run synagogue music programs, and offer pastoral care. Cantors typically serve along with other clergy members, usually rabbis and occasionally additional cantors, in partnership to lead synagogue communities. The Reform cantor is a professional office with a ...
Expanded to a full city block in 1997 and renovated in 2010, the Main Library is a 135,000-square-foot limestone building located in downtown Bloomington near Indiana University. The Bloomington library was one of four in the United States to install a Randtriever, a first generation automated storage and retrieval system .
The synagogue began as an Orthodox congregation, and began using a Conservative service in 1875. [4] Rudolph Grossman was the rabbi of Rodeph Sholom from 1896 until he died in 1927. [5] The congregation joined the Reform movement in 1901. [4] In 1930, Rodeph Sholom moved to its present location at 7 West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side.
Hashkiveinu is the result of a commissioning project from 1943 to 1976 by Cantor Dr. David Putterman for a series of contemporary music at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Putterman believed strongly that the synagogue music—particularly American synagogue music—would only endure through adaptation and creativity.
Orach Chayim book of 1817/1818 published from the collection of the "Mezhybizh" State Reserve (Ukraine) Orach Chayim, (manner/way of life) is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim. [1]
The congregation was founded in 1856 and erected its first synagogue building in 1858 "in Judah’s Block (East Washington Street), opposite the Court House." [3] This early building was replaced with the building at 435 East Market Street in 1868, [4] and the Tenth Street Temple in 1899.