Bylaws
The Parnassim of the Kehillat Kodesh dei Tedeschi (Ashkenaz), Moise di Tardiola and . . . . [blank] give full authority to Rabbi Azriel to make taqqanot (ordinances or statutes):
- All members must pray in the evening, morning, and afternoon in the Scola dei Tedeschi, and elsewhere only under special circumstances. If they are absent for three…
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