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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
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In the name of God, in Pisa, the nineteenth of Shevat in the year 5373, February 2, 1613
Whereas the members of the mahamad [board of governors] and those accompanying them, including Ḥakham Azaria…
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The Jewish Community of Pisa
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Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
(Pisa, Italy)
Date:
1613
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Question 1: May our teacher and master, the great rabbi, who sits on the throne of halakhic rulings, please instruct and enlighten us regarding an episode that unfolded here in our city of Pisa, may…
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Simeon ben Naphtali, Jacob Senior
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Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
(Pisa, Italy)
Date:
Mid– to Late 17th Century
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To the great master, the stronghold and tower, his name is increasingly great, he is my beloved master, the juice of my pomegranate (Song of Songs 8:2), my olive brimming with oil, Josheb-basshebeth a…
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Yekutiel Gordon
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1729
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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
Places:
Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua
(Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1536
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Question: . . . When Rabbi Joseph Ottolenghi was visiting this land, he told me that he printed sixteen megillot on parchment prepared for this purpose [i.e., to be used for the scrolls—Ed.]. When I…
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Shalom Italia, Moses Provenzali
Places:
Mantua, Holy Roman Empire
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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“I, too, have authority, the authority of the Lord, blessed be He, of the Shekinah and all the members of the Heavenly Academy.”
[Padua, 16 March 1730]
Oh, thou great Prince, lofty pillar, Gaon R…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1730
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These ordinances have been decreed by us on Thursday, the twenty-first of Tammuz, corresponding to the twenty-first of June, of the year 5314 (1554) here at Ferrara.
- Printers shall not be permitted to…
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The Synod of the Italian Jewish Communities
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1554
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Menasce was asked about the taref (non-kosher) meat. And he said that Sabato di Perugia had told Salomone di Capena that the meat the latter had was taref. In fact…
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Anonymous
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1539
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1520