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There is a severe admonition addressed to every individual within Israel not to add any precept on his own initiative onto those precepts which are written in the Torah, and…
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Simhah Isaac ben Moses Lutski
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Lutsk, Russian Empire
(Lutsk, Ukraine)
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ca. 1750
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While ketubot (marriage contracts) are usually written in Aramaic, Karaite ketubot are written in Hebrew. They are often pentagonal in shape, most often with a pointed bottom. This example has a…
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Artist Unknown
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Chufut-Kale, Russian Empire
(Hora Chufutkale, Ukraine)
Date:
1719
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In the days of Nicholas the First, the great tsar and emperor (May he live forever!) who…
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Joseph Solomon Lutski
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Yevpatoria, Russian Empire
(Yevpatoriya, Ukraine)
Date:
1840
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The Holy Community of Altona, Friday, 29 Marheshvan 5621[14 November 1860]
To my dear friend, father of my son-in-law, the distinguished rabbi, our Teacher, R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman, may his…
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Jacob Ettlinger
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1860