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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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Early 18th Century
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…
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Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
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Avot 5:6: Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at twilight: The mouth of the earth, the mouth of the well, the mouth of [Balaam’s] ass, the rainbow, the manna, the rod, the shamir-worm…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1589
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Question: . . . When Rabbi Joseph Ottolenghi was visiting this land, he told me that he printed sixteen megillot on parchment prepared for this purpose [i.e., to be used for the scrolls—Ed.]. When I…
Contributor:
Shalom Italia, Moses Provenzali
Places:
Mantua, Holy Roman Empire
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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Now, my dear friends, do you see what you’re doing? The Holy Days indulged in arrogant boasting, in envy and hatred and warfare. Hanukkah tried to fight them all and carry the day…
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Zalman Sofer
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Oldendorf, Holy Roman Empire
(Oldendorf, Germany)
Date:
1517
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Aaron Wolff Herlingen of Gewitsch
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1725
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1574