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The princes of the peoples gathered together [see Psalms 47:10] to restore the crown to its former glory and to pray in the great synagogue before sunrise, as was done previously and in past times…
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Ashkenazic Morning Watchers
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1635
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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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- Jews hold the Sabbath, above all other feasts, with the greatest veneration on account of it being named so often in the Scripture and being ordered…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1637
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During the days of Shavuot, quite a number of householders, accompanied by their sons, their wives and their infant children, would rise early each morning and walk outside the city, and outside the…
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The Jewish Community of Corfu
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Corfu, Republic of Venice (Corfu, Greece)
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ca. 1700
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen.
I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…
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Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete
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Crete, Republic of Venice (Crete, Greece)
Date:
1545