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As for the number of the Jews, one cannot precisely determine it, not even having firm knowledge of the places in which they dwell. Regarding the ten tribes that were captured by…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1638
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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…
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Yom Tov Tzahalon
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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17th Century
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen.
I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…
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Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete
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Crete, Republic of Venice
(Crete, Greece)
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1545
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No decree can be nullified, but one can be changed by the Cause of causes.
The matters of the fastings and their cry (Esther 9:31)
In the first chapter of tractate…
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Menaḥem Rava
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
16th Century
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Says Moses, son of my master, our teacher R. Jacob Albelda:
My soul, my spirit, and my breath render most copious thanks, tenfold, unto the Lord of all things, may He be blessed and magnified, for all…
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Moses Albelda
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Before 1583
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We must consider these three things: what great good we had in the past, the great distress and iniquity which we are in today, and…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1593
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In Midrash ḥazit [Midrash Rabbah Song of Songs] it is stated:
And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; ye…
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Isaac Vega
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Nikopolis, Ottoman Empire
(Nikopol, Bulgaria)
Date:
1621
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This poem expresses the idea that since today is the day when seats are set up [for judgment], since the Jewish people has declared the New Month, therefore we need to run to God and prostrate…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
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1626
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And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan (Genesis 37:1): In that part of the land of Canaan where his father had lived, similar to the verse: [To Mamre, to Kiryat…
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Ovadiah Sforno
Places:
Bologna, Papal States
(Bologna, Italy)
Date:
Before 1550