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Recordiad sain / Audio recording: Benjamin Hamilton
Oral history recording with Benjamin Hamilton. One of a collection of interviews conducted by David Jacobs in order to gather information about the lives and traditions of Jews in Dowlais and Merthyr Tydfil. Part 2 of 3 (AV 5957/1, AV 5958, AV 5959/1).
- Schools that BH attended. Dowlais Primary. Dowlais Central School for Boys. Dowlais Old Higher Grade. Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School, Merthyr. 2. BH Lawyer. 3. School teachers beating BH. 4. The synagogue at Merthyr Tudful. 5. Chedar on the Shabbat. 6. Relation between the two synagogues at Dowlais and Merthyr. 7. Ceremony of Bar Mitzvah for Jewish boys. The Blessings. 8. Teenage life. 9. Friday evening. Special meal to meet the Sabbath bride. Lighting of candles. 10. The Shabbat. Morning servece. Lunch. The ladder on the bread - symbol of entering heaven, 11. Jews lending money. 'Helping the poor'. 12. Succah (Tabernacle). Prayer. Repentance. Charrity. (Detailed description) 13. Once a year in the synagogue - reading from the book of Esther. Jewish children given permission to make noise.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
AV 5958/1
Creation/Production
Hamilton, Benjamin
Jacobs, David
Date: 05/11/1978 –
Measurements
Techniques
digidol | born digital
Location
In store
Categories
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