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Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations. Charleston, Congregation Beth Elohim
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While man explores, with curious eye,  The works of nature and of art, He passeth real wisdom by,  Nor cares to read the human heart. A stranger to…

Contributor:

Penina Moïse

Places:

Charleston, United States of America

Date:

1867

Subjects:

Morality, Prayer & liturgy, Holidays, Passover, Women

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy
Seder nashim (Order of Women): On Welcoming the Sabbath
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Near sunset one shall light a Shabbat candle and before saying the blessing it is necessary to say “I am not receiving Shabbat” even if one already lit it, until it is Shabbat. And then…

Contributor:

Meir Benveniste

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1565

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Women, Prayer & liturgy, Piety

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy
Letter
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And so let it be known to your Excellency what happened to the letter that your Excellency sent me with the etrogs [citrons]. The letter was not handed to me until the [week of the] Sabbath of Vayetze…

Contributor:

Asenath Barazani

Places:

Mosul, Ottoman Empire (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Women, Polemics, Economic life, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Comedia de Amán y Mordochay (Comedy of Haman and Mordechai)
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Enter David, Moses, and Samson, all singing:Blessed Adonai,may Haman always die,viva Mordechai,Esther my lady.Viva my lady,blessed Adonai,may Haman always die,viva Mordechai.David:It is well that all…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Genocide, Social justice, Women, Performing arts

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama