tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post5878272223326019098..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: The selling of kibudim (honors) in London synagogues denounced in 1796.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-59148098515025317372011-12-04T19:04:31.794-05:002011-12-04T19:04:31.794-05:00I know this is an old post, butPolish and Galitzia...I know this is an old post, butPolish and Galitzian Chasidim also refer to synagogue honors as mitzvos. Hungarians don't though.Itchenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71068411148437017392010-07-29T02:51:25.654-04:002010-07-29T02:51:25.654-04:00A gentler and funnier satire on the selling of syn...A gentler and funnier satire on the selling of synagogue honors (honours?) at that same time and place is found at the end of Israel Zangwill's "King of Schnorrers," where the title character pledges exorbitant sums of money in honor of his daughter's upcoming wedding, and then extorts the means to pay the pledges from various victims.<br /><br />The term "mitzvos" in the sense of "synagogue honors" seems to be a particularly British usage and is still prevalent there.Dan Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-67863604001010623242010-07-22T20:18:42.813-04:002010-07-22T20:18:42.813-04:00they should have opened a young israel!they should have opened a young israel!MiMedinat HaYamnoreply@blogger.com