ABSTRACT
The synagogue, moreover, must be scrupulously tended. It must be kept free from every particle of dust; and it was the pride of members of the congregation, even of great Rabbis, to perform this pious duty with their own hands. And in the same spirit the later teachers thought of the synagogue and of its worship. Having rightly rid ourselves of the levity which marked the attitude of the uninstructed Jew towards his place of worship, we have to recapture the devout fervour of his more spiritual-minded brother. The beautiful prayers are supplemented by directions concerning the right attitude towards the House of Prayer itself. In the Temple, then, in its peacefulness and its sanctity, the inspired singer would come into closer touch with the God of his life. And yet there are people who say that Judaism is deficient in spirituality, and the Jew lacking in the deeper experience of the things of God.
