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The Gerush (Hebrew for “expulsion”) synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, dates back to the early sixteenth century and is unique in its dual-ark design; one upper section is located in the women’s gallery…
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire
(Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1568
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This Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire wears a blue jacket worn over a black dress, with red shoes and a tall hat draped in a veil (“Dona Ebrea in casa”).
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17th Century
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These are the generations of Isaac ben ḥayim ben Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19) ben Joseph among the kohanim who trace their family back to Pinehas, son of Eliezer, son of Aaron the…
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Isaac ben Ḥayim ha-Kohen
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
First Half of the 16th Century
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Their custom on the night of Purim was for each individual to pray in his own private domain and home, and…
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Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel, Francesco Griselini, Ḥayim Abulafia
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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1736
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Question 4: Reuben, a young Torah scholar from the city of Tiberias, contracted a marital arrangement with Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Jacob, from the city of Sepphoris. This is the text of the…
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Joseph Katzabi
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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Regarding those who fight one another inside the synagogue over the seats which each one has designated for himself, as when one is late in arriving and finds that another person is sitting in his…
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1732
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Let us return to our first matter, because these two territories, which we discussed, Masterdam [Amsterdam] and Igeltiera [England], in all of them they follow the Sephardic rite from the tribe of…
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Sasson Ḥay Castiel
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1700
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When the heads of the holy nation were assembled together—the holy communities here in the village of Magnesia—and they saw that the power of the testimony was dissipated and there was none remaining…
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The Jewish Community of Magnesia (Manisa)
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Magnesia, Ottoman Empire
(Manisa, Turkey)
Date:
1555
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Now I will give instructions concerning how to look after me from the beginning of my final illness—when the day of judgment comes, during all the period of my illness, and the time of my death, when…
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Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1718