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The manuscript is believed to be the earliest extant Reform Jewish liturgical composition. An early example of the work of Giacomo Meyerbeer, “Hallelujah” was probably prepared for use at a service at…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1847
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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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Mordecai recorded these events. And he sent dispatches to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far, charging them to observe the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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We must consider these three things: what great good we had in the past, the great distress and iniquity which we are in today, and…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1593