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They confine themselves to a bastard or vulgar Hebrew, which has little analogy to the original.
They observe the particular ritual of the German Synagogue, and also include the Polish, Russian, and Turkish Jews established in London.
With the exception of a few wealthy individuals, and as many families who are in trade on the Royal Exchange, they are in general a very indigent class of people.
Their community being too poor to afford them adequate relief, they have resorted to the expedient of lending them small sums of money at interest, to trade upon, which is required to be repaid monthly or weekly, as the case may be, otherwise they forfeit all claim to this aid. "The Portuguese Jews are generally opulent and respectable, and hold no community with the others.
They use a different liturgy, and their language is even different.
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