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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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Lvov, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lviv, Ukraine)
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1642
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Question 1: May our teacher and master, the great rabbi, who sits on the throne of halakhic rulings, please instruct and enlighten us regarding an episode that unfolded here in our city of Pisa, may…
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Simeon ben Naphtali, Jacob Senior
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Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pisa, Italy)
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Mid– to Late 17th Century
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A crucial and fundamental principle is the proper rearing of children. The Torah has stated: And you shall teach them [the words of Torah] to your children (Deuteronomy 11:19), for that is the…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaiah Horowitz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1623
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These are the words of the insignificant man, Joseph Karo, son of the great R. Ephraim, son of the great R. Joseph Karo, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come.
I shall…
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Joseph Karo
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1563
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A yihud [magical-theurgic “unification”] that my teacher, of blessed memory, taught me to remove an evil spirit: [For] sometimes the soul of an evil person is yet unable to get into Gehinnom because…
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Ḥayim Vital
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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16th Century
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Asenath the daughter of R. Samuel Adoni (Barazani) was a wise woman and a great Torah scholar. She studied the secrets of kabbalah and acquired a considerable reputation for performing miracles and…
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Unknown
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Ottoman Empire (Kurdistan, Iraq)
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16th or 17th Century
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To exorcise any spirit or any demon from a person [is] a kabbalistic power [ma‘aseh merkavah] with which King Solomon, peace be upon him, ruled all the demons. Fast for three consecutive days—Monday…
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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17th Century
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An adjuration for a person in shock and for a person with the falling sickness [epilepsy—Ed.]. When you go to a person in shock or a person with the falling sickness recite the following:
In the…
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Unknown
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Strasbourg, Free Imperial City of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France)
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17th or 18th Century
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To the eminent sage, his honor our rabbi, R. Samson Bacchi of Casale, may the Compassionate One keep and preserve him
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1672