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Congregation Beth Israel (House of Israel) formed in 1852 but was back within a year. Another group separated in 1855, but rejoined in 1860, a year after Shaare Shemayim rented a hall on St. Clair Street in Allegheny City (now the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh). The re-merged congregations took the name Rodef Shalom at that time, with ...
The English word tabernacle derives from the Latin tabernāculum (meaning "tent" or "hut"), which in ancient Roman religion was a ritual structure. [3] [4] [5] The Hebrew word mishkan implies "dwell", "rest", or "to live in". [6] [7] In Greek, including the Septuagint, the Hebrew is translated σκηνή , itself a Semitic loanword meaning ...
In December 1983, Adath Israel welcomed the school which moved into its education building rent-free. [9] In the early 1990s, Akiba Hebrew Academy relocated its Middle School across N Highland Avenue to the Adath Israel school building for two years. The synagogue has long welcomed prominent leaders to address its congregation.
In 1943 Temple Beth Israel announced that people who espoused Zionist ideals, observed the laws of kashrut or favored the perpetuation of Hebrew as a language were not allowed to be members, so Emanu-El was formed by people who disagreed with the decision. As of 1967 Beth Israel accepts people with Zionist beliefs. [3]: 217 [11]
Then called by its Hebrew name, Etz Chayyim (Hebrew: עץ חיים, transl. 'Tree of Life'), the congregation was chartered in 1865 and acquired land in Sharpsburg for use as a cemetery. [7] The congregation met in temporary locations in the downtown area over the coming years, [8] until in 1883 it bought a former Lutheran church property downtown.
A Yardley resident is fighting the borough's zoning decision to let the Abrams Hebrew Academy build an athletic field with bleachers and a track. Earl Markey, whose West College Avenue home is ...
The following year, [3] he led the organization of Beth Israel Congregation as an Orthodox synagogue, [4] serving as both its rabbi and cantor. [8] It was the first Jewish congregation in Washington County. [4] By the turn of the 20th century, the Beth Israel had 22 member families, and an annual revenues of $600 (today $22,000). [9]
The priesthood of ancient Israel was the class of male individuals, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, were patrilineal descendants from Aaron (the elder brother of Moses) and the tribe of Levi, who served in the Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple and Second Temple until the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.