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Avkat rokhel (Powder of the Merchant)
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Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth [see Micah 6:2] the lament of my beloved for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill…

Contributor:

Joseph Karo

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Rabbis, Leadership, Community, Finance, Polemics, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic law, Responsa
Appointment of Isaiah Horowitz as Communal Rabbi
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main

Places:

Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1606

Subjects:

Government, Leadership, Communal organizations, Rabbis, Justice system, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic law, Responsa