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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
Places:
Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732
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In times of emergency, all types of kitniyot (legumes, pulses) may certainly be permitted to be eaten during Passover, for even our Master, the Ba‘al Ha-Turim [Rabbenu Jacob, son of Asher]…
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Jacob Emden
Places:
Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1761
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This preface represents not a collated anthology but is rather the result of forgetfulness on my part, insofar as I have been terse in the words I have written, which place on record that…
Contributor:
Jonathan Eybeschütz
Places:
Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1775
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No householder or unmarried man above the age of thirteen may wear a colored hat in the synagogue on Shabbat or Yom Tov, only a black hat. Likewise, a householder may not come to the synagogue wearing…
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The Jewish Communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek
Places:
Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1714–1733