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By the way, the form of our worship today, especially the first half of the service, what we call the Service of the Word -- psalmody, singing, Scripture readings, exposition of the word, prayers -- we are still following this basic synagogue pattern.— Latest Articles
It is a somber service held during the week before Easter-three hours of melancholy psalmody, chanted in a foreign tongue and, at the end when the final candle on the hearse is extinguished, enveloped in complete darkness.— The Harvard Crimson :: News

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