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These are the words of the insignificant man, Joseph Karo, son of the great R. Ephraim, son of the great R. Joseph Karo, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come.
I shall…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1563
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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
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Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets transmitted it to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three…
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Ovadiah of Bartenura
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
16th Century
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Furthermore, I say that another reason for this [commentary] is that since all of these ethical principles were given to Moses at Sinai and it is necessary to fulfill them, when one hears about them…
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Samuel Uceda
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1579
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Throughout the tribes of Israel, we faithfully made it known how the holy and wise Nathan of Gaza came here to our camp. He said that he was a prophet, bringing news of the coming of the Redeemer and…
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Samuel Aboab
Places:
Ipsala, Ottoman Empire
(Ipsala, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1694
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[ . . . ] And all the more so with our brethren the people of Israel who come from the lands of the dispersion, who do not know and have not seen the way in which every person called by the name of…
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Samuel Aboab
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1650
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Says the youth, Gedaliah, the Lord has granted me the merit to begin the work of heaven, today Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5347 (July 29, 1587). I have fixed it for a fast and remembrance for ever…
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Gedaliah Cordovero
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1587
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There was a man in Kraków, and his name was Israel, who built with a devoted spirit a synagogue to the Lord, and who was in his generation similar to “the man who says to Ucal and Ithiel” [i.e., like…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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Mid–16th Century
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I have examined the matter carefully, to see whether I should uphold that which they have already done, in nullifying the custom [of reciting the priestly blessing after dark, during the Ne…
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Jacob Ulma, Isaac Lampronti
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1715
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- Jews hold the Sabbath, above all other feasts, with the greatest veneration on account of it being named so often in the Scripture and being ordered…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1637