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After long deliberation, I concluded that we would be making a grave mistake if we did not participate in the upcoming kehilah electio…
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Henryk Erlich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1924
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When the leaders of the people were assembled, all the tribes of Israel together, on the evening of the twenty-first day of Adar 5572, to oversee the affairs of the general community and the needs of…
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Akiva Eger
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Poznan, French Empire
(Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1814
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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
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Everyone shall sit in his place as of this day the way he sits and stands now, and no one may go out of his place where he sits on this day, and not drive away anyone from his…
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The Congregation of the Italian Jewish Community of Venice
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1644–1711
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There may not be in this [city of] Recife and Antonio Vaz any congregation beyond that which exists today—may God enlarge it—and, if there be now or at any time anyone who contests this matter, the…
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The Jewish Community of Recife
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Recife, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Recife, Brazil)
Date:
1648
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…
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The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1606
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10)
1. The rabbi shall be permitted to retain in his exalted academy ten members of the community, fifteen outstanding students and…
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The Jewish Community of Tykocin
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
1718
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They that went before were affrighted (Job 18:20); [they took] a path that many have trod, princes most honorable (Numbers 22:15); the customs of our fathers are in our hands [b. Shabbat 35b], and it…
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The Jewish Youth Confraternity of Asti
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Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Asti, Italy)
Date:
1619
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I would like to say that this meeting is a meeting of the members of the Executive Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Kehillah. It is not a meeting that is open to the public or to the press…
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Judah L. Magnes
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1914
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The library should be set up in the center of the district it serves, preferably on a quiet street where there is less noise and dust. Dry premises must…
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OPE (Society for Promotion of Culture Among Jews in Russia)
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1914