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Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On Purim
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Inasmuch as the members of the mahamad [board of governors] consider it a vile practice among us today for youngsters to strike with…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Adolescence

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Portrait of R. Aryeh Judah Leib ben David Calischer
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Aryeh Judah Leib ben David (d. 1709), known as Leib Calisch, or Kalischer, was rabbi in the communities of Kremsier (now Kroměříž, Czech Republic); Łobżenica (in modern-day Poland); and Kalisz, Poland…

Contributor:

Jacob Folkema

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1709

Subjects:

Portrait, Print, Rabbis, Prayer, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Print portrait of man holding book and framed by Hebrew text in a circle and Hebrew text below.