Minhag

Online version can be found in the National Library catalogue, click here.

For source reading about the Mitsve Tants, see page 82.

Translation of "Juedische Gottesdienst in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung". "Based on the original 1913 German edition, and the 1972 Hebrew edition, edited by Joseph Heinemann, et al."

Translation of the 3rd German edition into Hebrew, by Yehoshua Amir

Published as part of the series: Schriften herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums. Appeared later in Hebrew (1972) and in English (1993).

Geiger’s work testifies to the overwhelming continuity of the liturgical-musical customs of Frankfurt-am-Main, many of which reflect a hazzanut of “sound signification.” Nevertheless it also reveals change, modification and even decay of some of Frankfurt’s liturgical-musical practices. To some extent the Divrey Kehillot represents an idealized portrayal of minhag frankfurt prior to Modernity.