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Theology teaches us that when God the Eternal formed man He gave him an extra rib. This rib was destined for the formation of woman in order that this creature, who was to become the rich…
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Elissa Lisbonne
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Avignon, Second French Empire
(Avignon, France)
Date:
1865
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, French Empire
(Paris, France)
Date:
1859
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Resolved, by the French deputies professing the religion of Moses, that the following Declaration shall precede the answers returned to the questions proposed by the Commissioners of His…
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Grand Sanhedrin (France)
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Paris, French Empire
(Paris, France)
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1807
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Since the theme of the Noachide commandments has arisen for consideration, I shall mention here what I presented before the assembly of rabbis in the great city [Paris] in the year 5567 [1807], and it…
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Aaron Worms of Metz
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
Date:
1831
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Yitshak Frenkel (Alexandre Frenkel-Frenel)
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1920
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…
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Artist Unknown
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Carpentras, Papal States
(Carpentras, France)
Date:
1540/1
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Why does the name of Orpheus, “the first of the world’s singers,” as Lefranc de Pompignan called him, appear on the title-page of this volume? Because he was not merely “the first singer,”…
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Salomon Reinach
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1909
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But when we live in houses of hewn stone…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
Date:
1744
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One must love one’s country, defend it, obey its laws, love one’s fellow citizens, and not disturb their peace.
Work toward the well-being, peace, and prosperity of the…
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Jewish Colonization Association
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1911
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In all times of transition such as the one we are now undergoing, on every occasion when human society passes from one era to another era, from one way of doing things to another way of doing them…
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Joseph Salvador
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Paris, French Empire
(Paris, France)
Date:
1860