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When the heads of the holy nation were assembled together—the holy communities here in the village of Magnesia—and they saw that the power of the testimony was dissipated and there was none remaining…
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The Jewish Community of Magnesia (Manisa)
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Magnesia, Ottoman Empire (Manisa, Turkey)
Date:
1555
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“He goes back four cubits etc.”
This implies that he must move backwards, but not forwards or to the sides. [ . . . ] It seems that this action was instituted by the sages only for an individual…
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Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1631–1640
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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In view of the fact that many interfere with their neighbors’ vested rights to have sole privilege of lending money at interest in certain localities, and very often the agency of the non-Jewish…
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The Jewish Communities of Cremona, Venice, and Rome
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1582
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These are the things that have no set limit [m. Peah 1:1] for the benefactors of the nation, friends and nobles, young and old, and righteous women, who have come together in the gemilut ḥasadim…
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The Gemilut Ḥasadim (Giving of Loving-Kindness) Society of Ferrara
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Province of Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1515