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The origin of this Torah scroll is in Turkey. It was donated by the Camondo family, one of the most important Jewish families in Istanbul, many of whose members settled in Paris and greatly…
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1860
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The Bah (Bayit Hadash) was asked concerning the practice in synagogues of using music which is sung in the houses of worship (of non-Jews). It is only forbidden regarding…
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Israel Moses Ḥazan
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
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1850
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Willemstad, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Willemstad, Curaçao)
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1732
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(The Hague, Netherlands)
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1600–1726
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Let us begin with the most basic questions: Can oral traditions of music constitute a reliable source for historical research? While this question is applicable to most music…
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Edwin Seroussi
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Ramat Gan, Israel
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1996
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given in
the house of the lord elohei yisrael
the holy congregations of the sepharadim
may the lord comfort us
in this great city of amsterdam
from the day…
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David Franco Mendes
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1792
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The Gerush (Hebrew for “expulsion”) synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, dates back to the early sixteenth century and is unique in its dual-ark design; one upper section is located in the women’s gallery…
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire
(Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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The Velika Avlija (Old Temple or Synagogue) is the oldest synagogue in Sarajevo. It served the city’s first Jewish community, Sephardim, who began arriving in Sarajevo in the mid-sixteenth century…
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Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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1581
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Jan Veenhuyzen
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1647
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Charleston, United States of America
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1838