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This rabbinic ordination certificate granted to Judah ben Eliezer Briel was printed as a broadside in Venice and signed by prominent Venetian rabbis. It certifies his learning and his fitness to…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1677
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Now we have already informed all those present of the main point: we have come to inform and announce and make known to His Excellency, because this is the custom, what it is his duty toward us. For…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1640
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10)
1. The rabbi shall be permitted to retain in his exalted academy ten members of the community, fifteen outstanding students and…
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The Jewish Community of Tykocin
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
1718
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Lo, here is seed [zera‘] for you (Genesis 47:23), blessed one of the Lord [berakh], his honor the eminent rabbi and great preacher and reprover, in honor of heaven, our teacher and rabbi, Berakh son…
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Abraham Isaac Ḥazak
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Zablotov, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zabolotiv, Ukraine)
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1725/6
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
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18th century
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The Jewish Community of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1702