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On this day, 25th Adar, 5490:
- A ban, enforceable by excommunication, on producing…
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The Jewish Community of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1730
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Good words of the society of orphan girls of Izmir. In the Name of the Holy One, regulations and new ordinances established for the good governance and with worthy dissemination, with which we must…
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Cornelis de Bruyn, The Dotar (Provision of Dowries for Poor Brides) Confraternity of Izmir
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1644
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Considering the great harm and dangers that have befallen the religious communities of Israel on account of overdressing both by women and by young men, we, the undersigned honorable parnasim…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Tunis
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Tunis, Ottoman Empire (Tunis, Tunisia)
Date:
1726
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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