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16. It is forbidden to read on Shabbos proverbs or parables of a secular character, erotic literature such as the book [by] Emanuel and likewise books about…
Contributor:
Chofetz Chaim
Places:
Radin, Russian Empire
(Radun', Belarus)
Date:
1904
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We recite the blessing “Who performed miracles for our forefathers, etc.” on Hanukkah and Purim, but we do not do so on Passover, even though the Exodus…
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Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Slavuta, Russian Empire
(Slavuta, Ukraine)
Date:
1798
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6. “It is proper,” etc. The phraseology employed by the Tur is “And one should cover one’s head so that one should not be in a state of bareheadedness”—this is taken from the words of the Ba‘al ha-…
Contributor:
Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
ca. 1803