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Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On Purim
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Inasmuch as the members of the mahamad [board of governors] consider it a vile practice among us today for youngsters to strike with…

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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Adolescence

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Arbol de vidas, en el qual se contienen los dinim mas necessarios que deve observar todo Ysrael (Tree of Life, in Which Are Included Those Laws Most Necessary for All Israel to Observe)
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The will of the creator is that the world should be sustained, expanded, and populated daily by man, whom he shaped for his glory. That is, indeed, why he created this great machine, and…

Contributor:

Abraham Vaez

Places:

Bayonne, France

Date:

1692

Subjects:

Ritual & observance, Marriage, Women, Sex, Purity

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology
El libro des los acuerdos (The Book of Accounts)
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43. To avoid the scandal and hindrance that it causes in this Kahal Kados on the occasions when English ladies come to see the ceremonies of our religion…

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Wardens of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1664

Subjects:

Women, Ritual & observance, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue, Halakhah

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents