Manuscript guide to Jewish funeral rites written by Aaron Cohen Henriques and presented to the Kaal Kadosh Shahar Ashamaim Synagogue for use at the Kingston burial ground on Kislev 1, 5629 (November 15, 1868). The Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue Shaar HaShamaim was established in Kingston in 1744. By 1871, Jews constituted 13% of Kingston's white population; the Henriques family was among the most prominent Jewish families on the island. See M. Arbell, *The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean* (2002), pp. 239-240, 243, 244, and 256.
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This 16-page octavo pamphlet contains the order of service for the consecration of the Synagogue of the United Congregation of Israelites in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 19, 1888 (19 Tammuz 5648). The service was conducted by Reverend Solomon Jacobs, the congregation's minister. The text is presented bilingually in Hebrew and English on facing pages. The pamphlet commemorates the completion of a new synagogue building, replacing one that had previously burned down. The United Congregation of Israelites resulted from a merger of Kingston's Sephardic and Ashkenazic congregations.