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Near sunset one shall light a Shabbat candle and before saying the blessing it is necessary to say “I am not receiving Shabbat” even if one already lit it, until it is Shabbat.
And then…
Contributor:
Meir Benveniste
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1565
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This prayer book for the Rosh Hashanah festival from Crete is elaborately decorated inside with drawings of animals and people and has a colorful title page. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived…
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Moses Bili ben Judah
Places:
Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1614
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Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to praise the One who created us in His honor, for the great goodness that He bestowed upon us. For from this day forward we will not fear the multitudes of people…
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Moses Almosnino
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1588
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During the days of Shavuot, quite a number of householders, accompanied by their sons, their wives and their infant children, would rise early each morning and walk outside the city, and outside the…
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The Jewish Community of Corfu
Places:
Corfu, Venice (Corfu, Greece)
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ca. 1700
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This is a prayer book for women in Ladino for the whole year, with its order of blessings at the end. And the order for washing the hands and many other laws applicable to all of the most common…
Contributor:
Meir Benveniste
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1565
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen.
I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…
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Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete
Places:
Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)
Date:
1545
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For Yom Kippur, with the help of God, may He be praised.
Another supplication [teḥinah]. I have founded it as the former ones, have established it, and upheld it.
I the young one, Meir, son of our…
Contributor:
Meir de Boton
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1565