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In 1827, Tsar Nicholas I issued a statute that effectively made Russian Jews liable to military service, as part of a policy that sought to transform the Jewish population into integrated subjects who…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)
Date:
1864–1867
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502. Since our eyes have seen the great neglect of Torah among schoolchildren, caused by [not] printing of folios of the Gemara [with Rashi’s commentary], because the…
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The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
Places:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lithuania)
Date:
1655, 1667, 1679