On the 9th February, 1807, the Grand _Sanhedrin_ assembled at the Grand Synagogue in Paris under the Presidency of _Rabbi_ David Sintzheim (1745‒1812) of Strasburg. Service was read in _Hebrew_, French and Italian; an excellent discourse was delivered by the President in the first-named language. After his discourse he took a scroll of the Law from the Ark and blessed the Assembly, and then recited a prayer for the Emperor, the glory of his arms, and the return of peace. From the Synagogue the Assembly adjourned to the Hôtel de Ville, where, after appropriate speeches from the most distinguished members, the Committee appointed by the late First Consul laid before the _Sanhedrin_ a general plan of organization for Mosaic worship, consisting of twenty-seven articles. According to this plan a Consistory and Synagogue were to be established in each Department containing 2000 Jews; those of the persuasion who intended to reside in France were to announce their intention to the Consistory within three months of their arrival on French territory; there was to be a Central Consistory in Paris, consisting of five persons, of whom three were to be _Rabbis_; and none were to be appointed _Rabbis_ who were not naturalized in France or in the Kingdom of Italy. The functions of the _Rabbis_ were to be:―― 1. To give instruction in religious matters. 2. To inculcate the precepts contained in the decisions of the Grand _Sanhedrin_. 3. To preach complete obedience to the laws, and particularly to those enjoining the defence of the country, and above all, to exert themselves every year during the time of conscription, from the first summons to the complete carrying out of the law, in exhorting their followers to conform to that measure. 4. To impress the need for military service upon the Jews as a sacred duty, and to explain to them that so long as they devoted themselves to that service, their religion would give them a dispensation from such laws and customs as were incompatible with it. 5. To preach in the Synagogues, and to recite the prayers which were offered up for the Emperor and the Imperial Family. 6. To solemnize marriages and give divorces.