Showing Results 1 - 3 of 3
Note of Royalty Who Visited the Sephardic Synagogue of Amsterdam between 1642 and 1781
Public Access
Text
Image
the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…

Contributor:

David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1792

Subjects:

Politics, Government, Sephardic, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture, Memoirs & Diaries, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works, Firsthand Accounts
Page with Hebrew title surrounded by wreath and two cherubs, above middle section with two columns with small pictures and Hebrew text in center, and Hebrew line at bottom of page.
Confirmation of the Old Regulations and Decisions
Public Access
Text
    The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…

Contributor:

Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1639

Subjects:

Government, Leadership, Communal organizations, Family, Excommunication

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes
Atlas Angelico de la Gran Bretaña (Heavenly Atlas of Great Britain)
Public Access
Text
Prophecy of Egypt: The Lord rides a light cloud and will come to Egypt, and Idols of Egypt will move before him, and the heart of Egypt shall melt away in him. Upon a light cloud the Lord…

Contributor:

Daniel Levi de Barrios

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1688

Subjects:

Messianism, Government, Travel

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology, History