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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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The task of this book was determined by its being part of the Grundriß [der Gesamtwissenschaft des Judentums; Fundamental Study toward the Comprehensive Knowledge of Judaism] series. Based on…
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Ismar Elbogen
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913
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The princes of the peoples gathered together [see Psalms 47:10] to restore the crown to its former glory and to pray in the great synagogue before sunrise, as was done previously and in past times…
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Ashkenazic Morning Watchers
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1635
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Theology teaches us that when God the Eternal formed man He gave him an extra rib. This rib was destined for the formation of woman in order that this creature, who was to become the rich…
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Elissa Lisbonne
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Avignon, Second French Empire
(Avignon, France)
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1865
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Circumcision has so peculiar a veneration among the present Jews, that if all other parts of their Religion were to be changed, this like Mount…
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Lancelot Addison
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Milston, Kingdom of England
(Milston, United Kingdom)
Date:
1675