Language:
English
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Culture and History
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,2-3 (2008) 138-158
Keywords:
Gaiger, Shelomoh Zalman ben Aharon Yeḥiʾel Mikhal,
;
Jews Social life and customs
;
Judaism Liturgy
;
Jews Music
Abstract:
The Divrey Kebillot of Salomon Geiger, a meticulously detailed description of the liturgical—musical customs of Frankfurt-am—Main, was perhaps the final compilation of synagogue and community customs of the German Jews It is an invaluable work for the study of the liturgy and synagogue music, not only of Frankfurt, but of the South German Jews as a whole. Careful scrutiny of Geiger's work reveals, however, a subtext, a critique of change, modification and decay of many of the liturgical-musical customs of Frankfurt. These changes, for Geiger, represented more than purely religious infringements, but a threat to the social cohesion, rabbinical authority and the way of life which, like the Frankfurt ghetto itself, was coming to an end.
DOI:
10.1080/1462169X.2008.10512104
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