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Shevut Ya‘akov (The Captivity of Jacob)
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Question 5: What blessing should one recite over coffee and tea, and is there any problem with drinking them on Passover? Response: I will answer the questions in order. Regarding the blessing, it has…

Contributor:

Jacob Reischer

Places:

Metz, France

Date:

1719

Subjects:

Halakhah, Talmud, Food and drink, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Maḥzor for the Rite of Carpentras
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Carpentras, Papal States (Carpentras, France)

Date:

1540/1

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Passover, Folklore, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text, with some words set apart in rectangular frames, surrounded by border of branches, flowers, and birds, and small illustration of boy and animal with tail in bottom margin.