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In the presence of all the rabbis and the entire council (qri’ah) of Rome, the Scuola Catalana-Aragonese [Catalan-Aragonese Congregation] agrees to release Giuseppe Picciotto from a ban (niddui). The…
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The Catalan-Aragonese Congregation of Rome
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1536
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This rare example of a Roman ketubah (marriage contract) from the seventeenth century was written on the occasion of the marriage of Menahem ben Samuel Zadik to Zevia, daughter of the prominent banker…
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1627
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This intricately decorated ketubah (marriage contract) marks the marriage of Gabriel ben Hezekiah Amron to Simḥa bat Shabbetai mi-Segni. It is richly decorated with biblical miniatures, including one…
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1734
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Menasce was asked about the taref (non-kosher) meat. And he said that Sabato di Perugia had told Salomone di Capena that the meat the latter had was taref. In fact…
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Anonymous
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1539
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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In view of the fact that many interfere with their neighbors’ vested rights to have sole privilege of lending money at interest in certain localities, and very often the agency of the non-Jewish…
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The Jewish Communities of Cremona, Venice, and Rome
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Cremona, Spanish Empire
(Cremona, Italy)
Date:
1582
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In the year fifteen hundred and forty-nine, the seventh indiction, the first day of the month of February, during the time of the pontificate of the Holy Father in Christ Our Lord, Lord Paul III, pope…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, Ovadiah Sforno
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Bologna, Papal States
(Bologna, Italy)
Date:
1549
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
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18th century
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These are the statutes created by the entire association of the Jews of Rome—Italian and foreigners—organized by Daniel da…
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Daniel da Pisa
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1524