In New York City, Lawrence Myers, “a prominent importer of wine” and his wife gave birth to the co-founder of the banking firm of Glambos and Myers, Theodore W. Myers the organizer of the Sickles Brigade during the Civil War in which he served as a captain and member of the Democr...
At the beginning of the ceremony the bridegroom, who wears a white head-covering, takes a glassof wine and a ring, and recites a responsive formula. To his salutation, "With the permission of you all," those present respond, "With the permission of Heaven."Marriage Rites. He then ...
He had drunk no wine during the seven years of the construction of the Temple; but on the night of its completion he celebrated his wedding with so much revelry that its sound mingled before God with that of the Israelites who celebrated the completion of the sacred edifice, and God at ...
However, connected to the musicians were other “nations”, crypto-Jewish physicians, merchants, goldsmiths, jewelers, and weavers, not to speak of other occupations traditionally dominated by Jews such as wine importers and money lenders. All these groups were part of the greater web of seriously...