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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who created His world for the purpose of mankind, and, from all the different sorts of men, chose for Himself a nation as a special treasure—namely…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1542
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Question 5: What blessing should one recite over coffee and tea, and is there any problem with drinking them on Passover?
Response: I will answer the questions in order. Regarding the blessing, it has…
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Johann Adam Boller, Jacob Reischer
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
Date:
1719
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I would also humbly bring to Your Honours’ attention that the said Dr. Marti[n], not content with what he has already accused us of in the way of great iniquities, has now published another booklet…
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Isaac ben Samuel Bassan, Giacomo Rufinelli, Josel of Rosheim
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(Alsace, France)
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1543
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On the ban pronounced at a gathering of some members of the community in the city of Constantinople, together with some town representatives, in the synagogue of the community of Constantinople. It…
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Blasio Ugolino, Giovanni Cattini, Elijah Mizraḥi
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1500
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In the main portion of this work I spoke of the use of an electric light. Here I shall discuss the law of whether one is permitted to speak on Shabbat by means of a machine called a “telephone.”…
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Yitsḥak Shmelkes
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Peremyshliany, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Peremyshliany, Ukraine)
Date:
1888
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Question: Is a proper get [divorce certificate] necessary in the following circumstance: a certain man married a young Jewish woman, and was with her in the manner of men and women, but after some…
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Joseph Pallache
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir Province, Turkey)
Date:
1896
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When I parted from my father and journeyed forth from his home to Brody, I joined up with friends, God-fearing men of purity; we built a bet midrash for…
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Ezekiel Landau
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1776
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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
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Samuel Archevolti
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…
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Yom Tov Tzahalon
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
17th Century
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“He goes back four cubits etc.”
This implies that he must move backwards, but not forwards or to the sides. [ . . . ] It seems that this action was instituted by the sages only for an individual…
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Joel Sirkes
Places:
Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1631–1640