Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Ḳ.ḳ. Miḳṿeh Yiśraʾel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Ḳ.ḳ. Miḳṿeh Yiśraʾel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Ḳahal ḳadosh Miḳṿeh Yiśraʾel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Ḳahal ḳadosh Miḳṿeh Yiśraʾel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Kahal Kadosh Mickvé Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Kahal Kadosh Mickvé Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Congregation Mickve Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Congregation Mickve Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Philadelphia (Pa.). Congregation Mikveh Israel
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Congregation Mikveh Israel
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Mickvé Israel Synagogue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Mickvé Israel Synagogue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Mikve Israel Congregation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Mikve Israel Congregation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Philadelphia. Mikveh Israel Congregation
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קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל
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קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל
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Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) traces its history to September 25, 1740 when the Province of Pennsylvania and Thomas Penn authorized a permanent burial ground for the entire Jewish community of Philadelphia. Jews in Philadelphia in the 1740s and 1750s organized themselves informally for services. In 1761 they acquired a Torah scroll and met in a private residence on Sterling Alley, then between Cherry and Race Streets and Third and Fourth Streets. The congregation moved to a rented building on Cherry Street and held their first Sabbath services on July 25, 1771. The group chartered itself as an organization in 1773. It is estimated that in 1775, the city of Philadelphia had a population of approximately 35,000 of whom 300 were Jewish.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/132590987
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85173308
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85173308
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5160655
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Ḥevra kaddisha
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Philadelphia
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