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Kuntres ha-semikhah (Notebook on Ordination)
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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

Subjects:

Rabbis, Leadership, Community, Justice system, Polemics, Law

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Law, Rabbinic law
Report from Lucienville Agricultural Colony
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Founded in 1900 by members of Lucienville colony, the Jewish Agricultural Society was one of the first agricultural cooperatives in Argentina and is still in existence today.

Contributor:

J. M. Salva

Places:

Basavilbaso, Uruguay

Date:

1908

Subjects:

Rural life, Agriculture, Community, Politics, Profession, Journalism, Law

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Law