339:. He arrived there following a long journey from Livorno on the eve of Rosh Hashana. In his first days, Meldola immediately and energetically embarked on a number of goals. Among them was improved collaboration and cooperation between Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, and he persuaded the two communities to set up a joint board for shechita (ritual slaughtering). Another area he soon took up was to counteract the activities of
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Meldola looked as well to ensure the dignity and proper execution of synagogue prayers—and he introduced what has become one of the most distinctive and appreciated qualities of the
Spanish and Portuguese service: its choir. "As an Italian," notes one biographer, "Meldola had been fond of music and
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Britannia Epitomized and Continued: Being a Compendious Account of the Antient and Present State of the Counties of England
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through the generations. He was born in 1754 to Moses
Hezekiah Meldola, a rabbi and also professor of oriental studies at the
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Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times
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Meldola married Stella
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had been the first person to introduce a choir into the London synagogue."
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