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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…

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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
Responsum: On a Dispute over a Shipment of Wax
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Question: The following incident occurred in Rhodes: Reuben purchased 530 okes of wax from Simeon via a third party. Reuben did not take this wax into his possession; rather, as soon as he bought it…

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David Ibn Abi Zimra

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Economic life, Finance, Justice system, Rabbis, Diaspora, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa