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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
Contributor:
Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire
(Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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Question: I was asked by the leaders of the holy congregation of Prostějov: A small piece of paper on which was drawn the image of a menorah, with the verses beginning “May God be gracious to us” from…
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Menaḥem Mendl Krochmal
Places:
Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Mikulov, Czech Republic)
Date:
Before 1661
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…
Contributor:
Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
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[ . . . ] 5. When one wishes to go to the synagogue, he should say, “I will go to the synagogue for the sake of the unification of the presence of the Holy One and to raise it from its fall,” as…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
17th Century
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“He goes back four cubits etc.”
This implies that he must move backwards, but not forwards or to the sides. [ . . . ] It seems that this action was instituted by the sages only for an individual…
Contributor:
Joel Sirkes
Places:
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1631–1640