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Responsum: On Resorting to Non-Jewish Law Courts
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And now we see that the number of servants breaking away from their Master, our Heavenly Father, increases daily, in that whenever they have a quarrel with their Jewish brothers or sisters they have…

Contributor:

Azriel Diena

Places:

Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua (Sabbioneta, Italy)

Date:

1536

Subjects:

Gentiles, Government, Justice system, Community, Excommunication, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic law, Responsa
Responsum: On Arranging for an Eruv
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With God’s Help. From one generation to the next, our ancestors have removed obstacles from the path of the people so that they not unwittingly stumble into sin [Isa 57:14], particularly [with respect…

Contributor:

Isaiah Bassan

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

1720

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Jewish quarters, Government, Christian-Jewish relations, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Takkanot (Regulations)
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These ordinances have been decreed by us on Thursday, the twenty-first of Tammuz, corresponding to the twenty-first of June, of the year 5314 (1554) here at Ferrara.
    Printers shall not be permitted to…

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The Synod of the Italian Jewish Communities

Places:

Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1554

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes, Responsa