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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
1748
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Some of the proverbs I have collected appeared previously in the yearbook Der hoyz-fraynd published by M. Spektor in Warsaw (1888–1889). The collection I am now presenting to the reader as…
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Ignatz Bernshteyn
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Leipzig, German Empire (Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1907
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ca. 1611
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In times of emergency, all types of kitniyot (legumes, pulses) may certainly be permitted to be eaten during Passover, for even our Master, the Ba‘al Ha-Turim [Rabbenu Jacob, son of Asher]…
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Jacob Emden
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1761
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Gebrüder Henschel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1813
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Aaron:
It’s all a plain lie. It’s because our Jews throughout the land in the little villages are so primitive, so stupid, they can’t even read. Anyone will tell them the most absurd things and they…
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Israel Aksenfeld
Places:
Leipzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Leipzig, Germany)
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Mid-19th Century
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1847
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Johann Valentin Schüler
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1680–1720
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Louis Lewandowski
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1876
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Rötger Herfurth
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1769–1776