The Jewish Community of Berlin has instructed 42 synagogues affiliated with it to hold special prayers for President Paul von Hindenburg, on the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
The prayers are to be in connection with the eighty-fifth birthday of the President of the German Republic which occurs on that day.
The instructions ask mention be made of the occasion in the sermons of the rabbis.
Synagogues in the provinces are expected to follow suit.
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