{"id":8480,"date":"2024-12-05T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esnoga.com\/our-tradition\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:07:43","slug":"traditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esnoga.com\/en\/traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Our tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Portuguese community holds its age-old traditions and customs dear. Those traditions and customs concern the way we dress, the order of our service, customs surrounding the service, the way we treat each other, and even our values.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Esnoga is set up in a distinct way. The Hazan leads the service from the\u00a0teba<\/em>, which is placed near the entrance and opposite the Holy Ark\u00a0(hechal)<\/em>. The\u00a0teba<\/em>\u00a0is surrounded by a balustrade. Its copper knobs are used to hold the Tora mantles.<\/p>

During the High Holidays the so-called\u00a0hatanim sofas<\/em>\u00a0are placed in front of the Hechal. During Simchat Torah the sofas are used to seat the\u00a0Hatan Tora<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Hatan Beresit<\/em>.<\/p>

Nothing changes in the Esnoga. Sand still covers the floor to soften the sound of footsteps, there is no central heating and the synagogue is lit by the copper chandeliers\u2019 hundreds of candles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The specific Spanish\/Portuguese tradition is taken from Oeb Brandon\u2019s\u00a0Seder Hazanut<\/em>\u00a0from 1892. In the 1940s Hazan Bram Lopes Cardozo annotated his own personal copy in New York. Hazan S. Nunes Nabarro recorded all services in the 1960s and two DVDs have been produced of those recordings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Would you like to learn more about our traditions and chazzanut?\u00a0Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Up until the 1980s\u00a0officiantes<\/em>\u00a0(such as the rabbi and Hazan) wore a special costume, consisting of knee breeches, a jabot and three-cornered hat. Nowadays, they wear top hats. The\u00a0tokeang<\/em>\u00a0(the shofar blower) still wears a three-cornered hat on Rosh Hashana.<\/p>

Parnassim wear a high hat to synagogue. Up until the 1980s they wore tails on Kal Nidre and Simhat Torah and a morning coat on holidays.\u00a0Officiantes<\/em> and misvoteiros<\/em>\u00a0used to wear a high hat on holidays, as did some\u00a0snogeiros<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Portuguese used to display a type of behavior that can best be described as\u00a0gravidade<\/em>. Portuguese don\u2019t walk, they stride. They will not display exuberant or common behavior. A number of customs are still alive and well in our synagogue: to walk in procession, bowing to each other and wishing someone\u00a0Hazak Baruch<\/em>\u00a0with a wave of a hand.<\/p>

The atmosphere in our synagogue is in part determined by the speed of reading. Sefardim read slowly. In the past it was even considered elongated. Snogeiros do not monitor each other\u2019s behavior and are respectful of each other\u2019s private life. This is conducive to our open and tolerant approach of which we are proud. Whether orthodox or liberal, every Jew is welcome and can play a part in our community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portuguese community holds its age-old traditions and customs dear. Those traditions and customs concern the way we dress, the order of our service, customs surrounding the service, the way we treat each other, and even our values. Layout The Esnoga is set up in a distinct way. 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