Creator Bio
Judah Leib Kirchheim
d. 1632
Judah Loew (Leib) Kirchheim, born of a learned, respected family from Worms, one of the Jewish settlements of medieval Ashkenaz (Germany), took special interest in the local ritual customs of that community and composed his book of customs in order to preserve them—and to restore some that had already been lost—in the face of growing ritual uniformity of the early modern period.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Minhage Vormeiza (Customs of Worms): On Tishah be-Av
The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Minhage Vormeiza (Customs of Worms): On Weddings
On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…