Showing Results 31 - 40 of 222
Restricted
Image
Places:
Date:
18th Century|1728
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1553
Categories:
Public Access
Image
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1600–1726
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
One may not behave frivolously in synagogues and study houses, including exhibiting such behaviors as laughter, teasing, and idle conversation. One may not eat or drink in them, nor may one…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1563
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
A copy of the letter from the perfect sage R. Samuel Norzi, of blessed memory, in which he seeks to permit, as per his opinion, the singers [in the synagogue] to…
Contributor:
Samuel Isaac Norzi, Abraham Graziano
Places:
Senigallia, Papal States
(Senigallia, Italy)
Date:
1645
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Hear, O Israel, descendants of holy ones: see that newcomers have recently arrived intending to make grapes, but instead have produced wild grapes [see Isaiah 5:2]. There is no local foundation for…
Contributor:
Anonymous
Places:
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Let the elders rejoice and the discerning be glad, the students and rabbis be happy, and the princes and the officers, and the wealthy and the needy exult, with the poor and those lacking sustenance…
Contributor:
Judah Leyb Zelichover
Places:
Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1697
Categories:
Restricted
Text
The Parnassim of the Kehillat Kodesh dei Tedeschi (Ashkenaz), Moise di Tardiola and . . . . [blank] give full authority to Rabbi Azriel to make taqqanot (ordinances or statutes):
- All members must pray…
Contributor:
The Tedeschi (German) Congregation of Venice
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1541
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
In the Name of the Blessed God.In consideration of the fact that it is needful for the prosperity of this Kaal Kados [congregation—Ed.], which God bless, to have the service of a Haham who should…
Contributor:
The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London
Places:
London, Kingdom of England
(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1681
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to praise the One who created us in His honor, for the great goodness that He bestowed upon us. For from this day forward we will not fear the multitudes of people…
Contributor:
Moses Almosnino
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1588