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Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1835 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Letter from Mikveh Israel representatives regarding the delayed examination of shochet David Solis. A shochet is officially licensed by rabbinic authority to slaughter meat in accordance with Jewish dietary laws. Solis' knife was found "not suitable," and he was also recovering from a severe fall... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803 and Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1782 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Letter from Jonas Phillips objecting to the proposed plan for a new synagogue, because it would not leave enough space behind for other buildings, and would be too close to neighboring houses. He also objected to the proposed location of the door, which he saw as inconvenient. Jonas Phillips was... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1866 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Invitation to the consecration of the new synagogue on Seventh St. above Arch, to be held on May 24th, 1866. The invitation was issued from parnas (congregation president) Abraham Hart, and four adjunta (members of the board of managers), and dated April 15 of that year. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1859 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Invitation dated May 3rd, 1859, from Edward Mawson, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, to the ceremonial laying of the corner stone of the new synagogue, to be held on Monday May 9th, 1859. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1785 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: The "monthly memorials of men," a list of the names of deceased men for whom memorial prayers were to be said every Rosh Hodesh, which is the start of the new month in the Jewish calendar. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1795 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Letter to Benjamin Nones, parnas (president) of Mikveh Israel, from Abigail De Lyon, dated October 2, 1795. This letter accompanied the gift of "a mantle, cover & pharsha for the Seapher," presented by Mr. David M Phillips. A pharsha/parsha/parashah is a division of the Torah, and the Seapher/Se... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Cormier, Hyacinthe-Marie, 1832-1916. Date: 1980 Contributing Institution: Catholic Theological Union Paul Bechtold Library Description: Bibliography: p. [206]-211 View Full Item at Catholic Theological Union Paul Bechtold Library -
Creator: Fleetwood, John Date: 1864 Contributing Institution: Franklin College Description: Digitized as part of the PALNI Collaboratively Preserving Rare Scholarship in Religiously Affiliated Libraries LSTA grant project. View Full Item at Franklin College -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1743/1744 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. The title of this sermon, which Tennent delivered in 1743 or 1744, translates to "About being chosen." It is a rumination on God's rejection of the Jewish people as "neither t... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1786/1788 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of offerings given or promised to Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1786 to 1788. The book includes an alphabetical index of congregant names in the first two pages, followed by a listing of general offerings by quarter. More detailed records of individuals' offerings span two pages, verso a... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA