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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Senior de Mattos in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy, accompanied by…
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Artist Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1690
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In times of emergency, all types of kitniyot (legumes, pulses) may certainly be permitted to be eaten during Passover, for even our Master, the Ba‘al Ha-Turim [Rabbenu Jacob, son of Asher]…
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Jacob Emden
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1761
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And just as a person finds pleasant only such food as he has prepared himself, in accordance with what he wishes to eat, and has no desire whatsoever to depend upon his neighbor’s table, so too, he…
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Ḥayim ben Bezalel
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Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire (Friedberg, Germany)
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Mid–16th Century
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Joining the meeting [of the Mahamad; board of governors] was ḥakham [R.] David Cohen who reported that it was brought to his attention that a very scandalous book from…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Hamburg
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1656
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Knowing that with respect to money, if my husband will not agree, my last will and testament will not be valid, I request, for the sake of the One above, may His name be blessed forever and ever, he…
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Rebecca Halfon
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Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire (Mannheim, Germany)
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1713
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No householder or unmarried man above the age of thirteen may wear a colored hat in the synagogue on Shabbat or Yom Tov, only a black hat. Likewise, a householder may not come to the synagogue wearing…
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The Jewish Communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1714–1733
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1. A head of household, student, or youth—be he local or a foreigner, whether he eats for free, or pays for his food—may not wear a camisol [vest] of gold cloth or brocade with…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, The Jewish Community of Fürth
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
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1728–1754
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Now in regard to your inquiry as to my view on the question of the halakhic status of the odor of leavened substances on Passover, as there are some authorities who maintain that odor is…
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Saul Berlin
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1793
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The heads of the Communities have gathered here at Frankfort at the order of our masters, the Sages of Germany, to sit in council and look into the needs of the community and to make such ordinances…
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The Synod of the Jewish Communities in Germany
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1603