L'organo in Sinagoga. Conflitti giuridici e culturali nell'Ebraismo del XIX secolo

This study deals with the conflict which arouse at the beginning of the 19th century among the European Judaism, between Jews supporting a Reform and the Orthodox, attached to the tradition, examining in particular the question of using the organ in the Saturday liturgy. The occasion is a 1822 document containing the opinion of Solomon Jona rabbi of Modena, requested from the President of the local Jewish community in Modena on this issue. After describing the context of the confrontation starting from the 18th century Jewish enlightenment or Haskalah, the author publishes the document in which Rabbi Jona expressed his favor to the use of the organ in the liturgy to be held in the synagogue of Modena.