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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot
Contributor:
Israel Najara
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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This Sabbath hymn, Lekhah dodi (“Come, my beloved”), is now a prominent part of the Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming the Sabbath) evening service, first instituted in the sixteenth century. It has been…
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Abraham Farissol, Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
16th Century