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The Jewish Community of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1702
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These are the things that have no set limit [m. Peah 1:1] for the benefactors of the nation, friends and nobles, young and old, and righteous women, who have come together in the gemilut ḥasadim…
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The Gemilut Ḥasadim (Giving of Loving-Kindness) Society of Ferrara
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara
(Province of Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1515
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The following incident occurred: On the holy Sabbath of ḥol ha-mo‘ed Passover in the year 5335 [1575], many virtuous individuals from the Lisbon congregation arose and came to an agreement among…
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Nicolas de Nicolay, Isaac Adarbi
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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This is a short essay on the debate concerning practical halakhic issues that took place between the sages of Safed and those of Jerusalem wherein the sages of Safed saw fit to implement the ruling…
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Levi Ibn Ḥabib
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1538
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When the heads of the holy nation were assembled together—the holy communities here in the village of Magnesia—and they saw that the power of the testimony was dissipated and there was none remaining…
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The Jewish Community of Magnesia (Manisa)
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Magnesia, Ottoman Empire
(Manisa, Turkey)
Date:
1555
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- No one shall seek permission to become a master, unless he has it in writing from the Jewish Elders of Prague that he is native of the place, and he shall previously furnish the Jewish Elders with a…
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The Jewish Tailors’ Guild of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1690
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1520
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In view of the fact that many interfere with their neighbors’ vested rights to have sole privilege of lending money at interest in certain localities, and very often the agency of the non-Jewish…
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The Jewish Communities of Cremona, Venice, and Rome
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Cremona, Spanish Empire
(Cremona, Italy)
Date:
1582
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Regarding this recent occurrence of some men going and walking around the Galilee and Judea [the region of Lithuania] and preaching in public without the permission or authorization of the local rabbi…
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The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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1667
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In the name of the blessed God.
By virtue of the Regulation made and published on the 18th of Sivan, Yr: 5471 [1711], holding those [boys] of the age of 16 years subject to the orders of the…
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
Places:
Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
Date:
1717