> "a horn sounded, then all came out of the synagogue, with their candles burning. they stood facing the moon. the spots in the face of the moon they believe to be the shechinah; and this concluding prayer is addressed to the shechinah, with their eyes turned towards the moon. it was a painful sight, and made us think of the worship of ashtaroth in the days of their idolatrous fathers."
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