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One may not behave frivolously in synagogues and study houses, including exhibiting such behaviors as laughter, teasing, and idle conversation. One may not eat or drink in them, nor may one…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1563
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Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth [see Micah 6:2] the lament of my beloved for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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The process that ultimately enabled women to serve as pleaders in the rabbinical courts began thanks to the initiative of one woman, Ruth Margarit Neiger of Raananah…
Contributor:
Yoram Kirsch
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
2002
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This is a short essay on the debate concerning practical halakhic issues that took place between the sages of Safed and those of Jerusalem wherein the sages of Safed saw fit to implement the ruling…
Contributor:
Levi Ibn Ḥabib
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1538