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No one may accommodate non-Jews [in the synagogue] without the permission of the mahamad [board of governors].
In the past, it was promulgated that no person may get up from his place to go to greet…
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Pieter van den Berge, The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640
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This page of selichot (penitential prayers) is from a Dutch translation of penitential Prayers and Psalms made for Sarah de la Farra in Amsterdam.
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David de Aron Uziel Cardoso
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1714
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Lord of the world, my God,
I humbly beg You, with a broken heart,
And with my weak body,
To confirm my baby in Torah,
As a person of honor and riches.…
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Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1648
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers, printed in Amsterdam by David de Castro Tartas, proclaims the pro-Sabbatean beliefs that were then widespread in the Amsterdam Jewish community…
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David de Castro Tartas
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1666
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Come, faithful community, let us sing
To Him who dwells on high, your creator, O Jacob.
Come, let us sing.
O garden dweller, raise song and hymns:
Young and old, all together…
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Joseph Shalom Gallego
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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Following his retirement, Hijman Binger created a daily prayer book, drawing its texts from well-known sources and illustrating the manuscript with the help of his children. Completed in 1820, the…
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Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
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Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1820