JWST 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kabbalah, Talmud, Seesen

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JWST 347
• Professor: Rachel Manekin

Document Summary

In 1807 westphalia (a region in germany) passed over to french rule: all subjects were emancipated and all confessions could practice freely. Israel jacobson: rich educated jew moved to kassel (capital of westphalia: the french ruler appointed him as organizer of the jewish community on the french model. Appointed rabbis: paid their salaries, formulated their duties. Stipulated that: the rabbi should serve as a moral example for his community (similar to christian clergy, the rabbi should deliver an edifying sermon in german at least twice a year. Later it formulated synagogues bylaws: service in synagogue resembled christian services. It signaled a transformation of the old customs. Members didn"t see in it a violation of jewish law: they wanted order and decorum. The consistory established a jewish school in kassel with a synagogue attached to it: pupils attended school also on the sabbath in order to pray there. Prayer service was shortened and was conducted in german and hebrew.