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In meetings of the community’s Mahamad [board of governors], past and present, discussions were held about a book that Gideon [Abudiente] ordered printed concerning the…
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Joseph ben Abraham Athias, Abraham Bar Jacob, The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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1666
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We have placed in ḥerem [excommunication] David Henriq[ue]s, alias David Almansa, [and] Aron and Ishack Dias da Fonseca and the account reads, as follows:
(In Adar I). The gentlemen of the Mahamad…
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Pieter van Hoven, 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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1712
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Every householder is required to have his son taught in school at least until he is twelve years old. He must take care of him and pay his tuition as much as he can afford. If he is unable to pay, he…
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The Jewish Communities of the Land of Moravia
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(Moravia, Czech Republic)
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1650
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Blessed are you to God . . . You the holy congregation of ‘Akron, may your Rock and Creator preserve you; inform us about your concerns and tell us about your happenings, for I and the Minister, the…
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Unknown
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Akron, Ottoman Empire
(Akre, Iraq)
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17th Century
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Joining the meeting [of the Mahamad; board of governors] was ḥakham [R.] David Cohen who reported that it was brought to his attention that a very scandalous book from…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Hamburg
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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1656
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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1639
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On this day, 25th Adar, 5490:
- A ban, enforceable by excommunication, on producing…
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The Jewish Community of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1730
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To kill a foe: write these twelve names on deerskin or calfskin parchment on Monday evening at the third or fourth hour, or at those times at night. And this is what you shall write:
He who gives…
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Abraham Ibn Ezra, Anonymous
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17th Century
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And now we see that the number of servants breaking away from their Master, our Heavenly Father, increases daily, in that whenever they have a quarrel with their Jewish brothers or sisters they have…
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Azriel Diena
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Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua
(Sabbioneta, Italy)
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1536
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David Aboab
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
Date:
1745