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Bidding Information
Lot #
13729
Auction End Date
3/7/2006 12:28:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Order of Service at the Re-Consecration
Title (Hebrew)
of the St. John's Wood Synagogue
Author
[Community - Only Ed.]
City
London
Publisher
Williams, Lea & Co.
Publication Date
1921
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
Only edition. xii, [5], 7:7, [1] p. plus wrappers, quarto, 218:142 mm., light age staining. A very good copy bound as published.
Detailed
Description
A brief history of the synagogue, photos of its rabbis and main sanctuary, followed by the service. St. John's Wood Synagogue is a constituent member of the United Synagogue, a modern Orthodox community. The first Synagogue was a temporary iron structure. It was consecrated in 1876 on the site at the corner of Abbey Road and Marlborough Place. It accommodated 250 worshippers. The community grew so quickly that by March 1882 the foundation stone was laid for a permanent building at Abbey Road, which was ready for occupation the following July. Construction costs were £8,466! A few years later the building had to be extended to accommodate a growing community. In 1920 the Synagogue had to be underpinned due to major subsidence. At the same time the interior was extended with the Bimah moved to the front, adjacent to the Aron HaKodesh. Otherwise, the building remained substantially unchanged until the congregation moved to Grove End Road in 1964.
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:
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Location
England:
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Subject
History:
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Liturgy:
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Characteristic
First Editions:
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Language:
English, Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
