The Literary Remains of the Rev. Simeon Singer (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literary Remains of the Rev. Simeon Singer Just a year before, a Conference of Preachers of Metropolitan and Provincial Synagogues had been held in London. The Chief Rabbi presided, and Singer, as Honorary Secretary, was the moving spirit of the meetings, which extended over four days. The results, though modest, were valuable. Of the liturgical changes which Singer himself introduced the most important were the recital of the Decalogue every Sabbath, the introduction of a regular Bible Reading in English a Prayer in the vernacular, a modification in the Prayer for the Royal Family (by which some of the obsolete mediaeval phraseology was removed), and, most important of all, the express consent of-the bride as well as the bridegroom at the marriage ceremony. Singer also took a large share in effecting a general improvement in the conduct of public worship in the Orthodox Synagogue he organized Children's Services and Special Services for Women and he threw himself heartily into the reform which resulted in the admission of mixed choirs. But his loyalty to authority was such that he never made unauthorized changes but he very often succeeded in inducing authority to accept his views. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.