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The synagogal dignities were all filled up by old hands; there was no way of getting on the Council and meeting our magnates.'

From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

By the eleventh century, this custom was universally a part of the synagogal service.

From Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers by Gorfinkle, Joseph I.

The synagogal worship exerts an ennobling influence upon the spirit of the individual as well as that of the community.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

This element of public confession for sin became more prominent in the days when synagogal worship developed, and prayer took the place of the sacrificial offerings which could only be offered in the Jerusalem temple.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Melodies which may be echoes of synagogal hymns of great antiquity resound in the walls of the temple at Jerusalem, in which respect the opera recalls Goldmark's "Queen of Sheba."

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward