Form of Service for the Dedication of the New Synagogue of the Portuguese Congregation Mikve Israel, in Seventh Street above Arch, Consecrated on the 24th of May, 1860.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Barnard & Jones

Philadelphia

1860

English and Hebrew. Additional title in Hebrew.

Singerman 1682

On p. 8, Sermon by the Rev. S[abato] Morais, Minister of the Congregation with a Hebrew exhortation, followed by "a poetical version of the same (in English) by a young lady of the Congregation, at the request of the Author." Italian-born Sabato Morais (1823-1897) succeeded Isaac Leeser as hazan of Mikve Israel in 1851. He remained in that position until his death 47 years later. He was the founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. See EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 294-5.