Constitution of the Congregation “K. K. Beth Elohim.” Approved and Ratified March 26th, 1871.

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Lot 16
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

Constitution of the Congregation “K. K. Beth Elohim.” Approved and Ratified March 26th, 1871.

Includes: Rules of Order, Form of Prayers for Sabbath and Festivals, and Time of Service for Sabbath and Festivals. pp. (1), 19, (1). Original printed orange wrappers, lower corner chipped. Sm. 8vo. Singerman 2259 (recording a variant collation).

Charleston: Edward Perry 1871

Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $3,400
Congregation K. K. Beth Elohim of Charleston, SC, established in 1794, is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. It was the synagogue from where the seeds of American Reform Judaism were first sown.