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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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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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Better still than this is that they should recite the “Verses of Praise,” Yigdal and Adon Olam, and the other exalted prayers on Sabbaths and festivals to the accompaniment of the harp and the sound…
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Aaron Chorin
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1818
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1847
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Artist Unknown
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
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1500–1549
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Moses Bili ben Judah
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
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1614
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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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Inasmuch as the members of the mahamad [board of governors] consider it a vile practice among us today for youngsters to strike with…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1640
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And I have heard an amazing reason from an old man as to why music was absent from that feast [of King Ahasuerus], and I present it here, with a great number of additions to what I heard. These will…
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Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz
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Adrianople, Ottoman Empire
(Edirne, Turkey)
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16th Century
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Ezra Dangur
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
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1904