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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1639
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On the 28th of Tisry, yr. 5468 [1707], the gentlemen of the Mahamad and their councillors met to correct the disorders caused in this Holy House by the big boys and lads who do not attend the Medras…
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
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1707
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On this day, 25th Adar, 5490:
- A ban, enforceable by excommunication, on producing…
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The Jewish Community of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1730
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We the undersigned hereby declare that to sustain the community and for the welfare and the peace of the communities of our city, of common accord we have issued for twenty years the following…
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The Jewish Community of Salonika
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1617
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These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century