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The Earliest Extant Minute Books of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, 1728–1786
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At a meeting of the Elders and Parnassim this day Mr Heyman Levy paid the fine for refusing serving Parnass Last year, it was at the same time voted by…

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Congregation Shearith Israel of New York

Places:

New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)

Date:

1757–1758

Subjects:

Synagogue, Communal organizations, Sin, Finance, Cantor

Categories:

Political Culture, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works
Memórias do estabelecimento e progresso dos judeus portuguezes e espanholes nesta famosa cidade de Amsterdam (Account of the Establishment and Progress of the Portuguese and Spanish Jews in This Famous City of Amsterdam)
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On the night of 20 Iyar 5503 [May 14, 1743], the sad news was announced regarding the death of the most exemplary ḥazan [cantor] R. Sem[uel] Rod[rigue]s Mendes, in…

Contributor:

David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Cantor, Profession, Community, Communal organizations, Leadership

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Sheloshah tso‘akim (Three Who Cry Out)
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Hear, O Israel, descendants of holy ones: see that newcomers have recently arrived intending to make grapes, but instead have produced wild grapes [see Isaiah 5:2]. There is no local foundation for…

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Unknown

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

Second Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Music, Cantor, Prayer, Polemics

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Shire Yehudah (The Songs of Judah)
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Let the elders rejoice and the discerning be glad, the students and rabbis be happy, and the princes and the officers, and the wealthy and the needy exult, with the poor and those lacking sustenance…

Contributor:

Judah Leyb Zelichover

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1635

Subjects:

Synagogue, Music, Cantor, Prayer, Talmud

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy