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In the year 303 [1543], Joseph Catalan claimed that he had married his betrothed Regina, daughter of Moses Ḥayim, on Yom Kippur in front of the gate of her father’s courtyard, by giving her a shawl…
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Joseph Ibn Lev
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1567
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Reuben has the following claim against his wife. He was informed about her that she had prepared for herself a concoction that would kill the child in her womb, which she had conceived…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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Question: Reuven has a single daughter, soft and delicate, whom he married to Ḥanokh ben Judah with a dowry of a thousand sultanish. The bride is twelve years old, and in her father’s home she was…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1542
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There was a certain man in our country who had become totally impoverished, and who had betrothed his elder daughter to her appropriate mate. During the period of her betrothal—the date fixed for…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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Mid–16th Century
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Text endorsing regulations concerning the playing of instrumental music and other entertainments, and the night-time bridal procession, drafted by me with the powerful endorsement of the sages—may…
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Peter Fehr, The Jewish Community of Salonika
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1654
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Question 4: Reuben, a young Torah scholar from the city of Tiberias, contracted a marital arrangement with Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Jacob, from the city of Sepphoris. This is the text of the…
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Joseph Katzabi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who created His world for the purpose of mankind, and, from all the different sorts of men, chose for Himself a nation as a special treasure—namely…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1542
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When I parted from my father and journeyed forth from his home to Brody, I joined up with friends, God-fearing men of purity; we built a bet midrash for…
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Ezekiel Landau
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1776
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Jacob Castro
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…
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Moses Ibn Ḥabib
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Middle of the 17th Century