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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…
Contributor:
Shalom Italia, Moses Provenzali
Places:
Mantua, Holy Roman Empire
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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We recite the blessing “Who performed miracles for our forefathers, etc.” on Hanukkah and Purim, but we do not do so on Passover, even though the Exodus…
Contributor:
Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Slavuta, Russian Empire
(Slavuta, Ukraine)
Date:
1798
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I was asked by a resident in London concerning a portable electric lamp called “Kosher Lamp” which has a separate upper part which is made to direct the light or to cover it up altogether by twisting…
Contributor:
Chanoch HaCohen Ehrentreu
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
2003