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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them:
These are My fixed times, the fixed times of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as sacred occasions.
On six days work…
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Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
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1500–1549
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…
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Artist Unknown
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Carpentras, Papal States (Carpentras, France)
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1540/1
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Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…
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Daniel Neufeld
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)
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1863
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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
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1761
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Indeed, at a time when Israel was settled on their soil, in the land of Israel, the agricultural dimension of the holidays, their relation to the field, that is to say, their material aspect, was a…
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Aaron Samuel Tamares
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Milejczyce, Russian Empire (Milejczyce, Poland)
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1911–1912
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Passover is coming soon and I ask you to invite me to the seder. Let me in!
I won’t cost you very much. I don’t eat kneydlekh! Don’t serve me maror, the bitter herbs—I was born with them!
Do not ask…
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David Pinski, Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1895
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Praise the Lord;
call on His name;
proclaim His deeds among the peoples.
Sing praises to Him;
speak of all His wondrous acts.
Exult in His holy name;
let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
Turn to…
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And we may remove the [Seder] table, so that the young child should express wonder at why we are removing the table; for surely it would be appropriate to eat now that we are already…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Prague, Czech Republic)
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End of the 16th Century
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This poem says that wellbeing [shalom] is ours, since we have God as our king, and we have the Torah, whose paths are wellbeing, even though we have acted wrongly and have been trapped by bad hatred…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
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1626