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A male child becomes obligated to observe the commandments at the age of thirteen years and one day. Therefore, on the first day of his fourteenth year, a father grasps his son in his hand and says,…
Contributor:
Ben Ish Ḥai
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
ca. 1894–1898
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Late 17th or Early 18th 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…
Contributor:
Yom Tov Tzahalon
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
17th Century