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Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Object ID: MG0978

Date Range: 1897-1997

President Reports �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 11 & 12 Special Services; Service Programs; Celebrations; Congregation Anniversaries Undated special services Service Programs 1880-2022 Year Books 1914-1919 Jewish Annual 1931 1931

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Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Description: This collection contains the historical records of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, including minutes, service bulletins, financial records, Lancaster Jewish history, and property records.; Box 1: Lancaster Jewish histories; Box 2: Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery; Box 3: Other Lancaster Jewish Organizations; Box 4: B'Nai B'rith Lancaster; Box 5: Rabbis; Box 6: Board Decisions, 1963-1978; Charter and By-laws; Box 7: Minutes, 1855-1934; Box 8: Minutes, 1934-1978; Box 9: Minutes, 1978-1995; Box 10: Presidents' Reports; 1997 Triple Anniversary; Box 11 & 12: Special Services; Service Programs; Celebrations; Congregation Anniversaries; Box 13 & 14: Committee Reports; Old Church Music, adapted; Box 15 & 16: Property Records; Deeds, Mortgages; Renovations; Box 17: Membership Financial Ledgers, 1892-1949; Box 18 & 19: Membership Dues Receipt Books, 1939-1970; Membership Financial Ledgers, 1927-1949; Box 20 & 21: Membership Financial Ledger, 1949-1960; Membership Dues Receipt Ledger, 1948-1965; Invoices and Vouchers; Financial Records; Box 22: Bulletins, 1915-1968; Box 23: Bulletins, 1968-1981; Box 24: Bulletins, 1981-1993; Oversized Items:; Reform Advocate, 9 August 1913; Cemetery plans, 1897 and 1907; Resolution regarding Benjamin Lurio https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169712251/benjamin-lurio; Picture of the Simon lintel "In colonial times, when synagogues were scarce, traditional Jews in cities without synagogues conducted prayer services in their homes. This hand-carved wooden lintel was affixed horizontally above the opening of Joseph Simon's personal Torah ark in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the lintel's center is a depiction of the two tablets symbolizing the Decalogue (the ten commandments) and below it the Hebrew saying, "Know before Whom you are standing," a phrase that often appears in synagogues on the ark lintel or above the reader's lectern." www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-haven.html#obj11; Digital archive (images, text, and history) by David Brenner: (accessible onsite); "Over 7000 images related directly or indirectly to Congregation Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster Pennsylvania. This is a file of scanned and downloaded documents, publications, newspaper articles, photographs etc. from the archives of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA, items loaned to me and online newspapers. The goal of this collection is to have in one place as much information as possible on Lancaster's Reform Jewish community, institutions, and mid to late 19th century Jewish immigrants that populated the second Jewish community of Lancaster in the 1840s and chartered the congregation."

Date Range: 1897-1997

Year Range From: 1897

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1897-1997

Creator: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12-13

People: Simon, Joseph

Subjects: Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Religious institutions; Synagogue archives

Search Terms: Anniversaries; Celebrations; Cemeteries; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; Financial records; Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Minutes; Programs; Rabbis; Religious institutions; Reports; Synagogue archives

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0978

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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