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The German holy community of Amsterdam was founded in the year 5396 [1635/6]. This I discovered in a few pages of a book written by Maharam Maarsen, one of the first German Jews in…
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Menaḥem Man Amelander
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1743
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Question: I was asked by the leaders of the holy congregation of Prostějov: A small piece of paper on which was drawn the image of a menorah, with the verses beginning “May God be gracious to us” from…
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Menaḥem Mendl Krochmal
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Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Mikulov, Czech Republic)
Date:
Before 1661
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1671–1675
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Pieter van Hoven
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1717
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given in
the house of the lord elohei yisrael
the holy congregations of the sepharadim
may the lord comfort us
in this great city of amsterdam
from the day…
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David Franco Mendes
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1792
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Jan Veenhuyzen
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1647
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No one may accommodate non-Jews [in the synagogue] without the permission of the mahamad [board of governors].
In the past, it was promulgated that no person may get up from his place to go to greet…
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Pieter van den Berge, The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640
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Emanuel de Witte
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680
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Pieter van Hoven
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17th or 18th Century