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The German holy community of Amsterdam was founded in the year 5396 [1635/6]. This I discovered in a few pages of a book written by Maharam Maarsen, one of the first German Jews in…
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Menaḥem Man Amelander
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1743
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Question: I was asked by the leaders of the holy congregation of Prostějov: A small piece of paper on which was drawn the image of a menorah, with the verses beginning “May God be gracious to us” from…
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Menaḥem Mendl Krochmal
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Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Mikulov, Czech Republic)
Date:
Before 1661
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1671–1675
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…
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Moses Pereyra de Paiva
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin (Ernakulam, India)
Date:
1687
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On the south it is separated from the synagogue of the Polish and German Jews by a branch of the River Amstel; on the west it faces the opulent Casa de los lázaros [hospice for the poor]; on the north…
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Abraham de Chaves, Daniel Levi de Barrios
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1675