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Lo! I, the insignificant Joshua Falk, son of my Master, my father, the honorable R. Alexander ha-Kohen of blessed memory, was once young and am now aged (Psalms 37:25), and all my life I grew up among…
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Joshua Falk
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(Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1606
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That which God puts in my mouth I shall express (Numbers 22:38) in succinct and easy language, so that it will be simple for the discerning to grasp. And my purpose is to inform everyone to whom this…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, Shabbetai ha-Kohen Katz
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1646
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Inasmuch as the association of balbirer [artisan barbers] have seen boys break away from their masters and think of themselves as expert physicians, and, on account of which, they have failed in…
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Matteo Gucci, The Guild of Barbers of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1639
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On Sunday 3 Tammuz 5416, the lords, their honors, the wardens, may the Rock preserve them, gathered together and once again accepted master Yontil the balbirer [barber] to be the expert physician for…
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The Jewish Community of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1657
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With regard to beggars who rise up and roam through the countryside (Job 1:7), walking through its length and breadth (Genesis 13:17). They come from a faraway land (Joshua 9:9) and spread out over…
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The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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1623
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If one who has been excommunicated does not act to have his excommunication removed within thirty days, and the local rabbinic court sees and observes that he remains in his state of rebellion when he…
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The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
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1623–1629