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After long deliberation, I concluded that we would be making a grave mistake if we did not participate in the upcoming kehilah electio…
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Henryk Erlich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1924
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“What you spend in honor of the holy days, the Lord will richly reward!” says the Talmud, and pious Pinchas granted everything his wife demanded. Clothes for the children and ornaments for herself…
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Leopold Weisel
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Prague, Austrian Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1847
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Saul [upon returning from smiting the Amalekites]. Jonathan and his other sons.
Saul:
My fury still burns within my heart like a flame of fire!
Even after I have smitten him, I have found no…
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Joseph Ha-Efrati
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1826
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Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of free citizens, we now (with a deep sense of gratitude to the Almighty disposer of all events) behold a government erected by the Majesty…
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Moses Seixas
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Newport, United States of America
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1790
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The heads of the Communities have gathered here at Frankfort at the order of our masters, the Sages of Germany, to sit in council and look into the needs of the community and to make such ordinances…
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The Synod of the Jewish Communities in Germany
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1603
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Everyone shall sit in his place as of this day the way he sits and stands now, and no one may go out of his place where he sits on this day, and not drive away anyone from his…
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The Congregation of the Italian Jewish Community of Venice
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1644–1711
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There may not be in this [city of] Recife and Antonio Vaz any congregation beyond that which exists today—may God enlarge it—and, if there be now or at any time anyone who contests this matter, the…
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The Jewish Community of Recife
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Recife, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Recife, Brazil)
Date:
1648
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…
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The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1606
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10)
1. The rabbi shall be permitted to retain in his exalted academy ten members of the community, fifteen outstanding students and…
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The Jewish Community of Tykocin
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
1718
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Joshua Glotman
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2000