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Rabbinic Reports on Circumcision
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Altona, 24 Ab 5603 Chief Rabbi! Messrs. Adler and Fuld, members of your congregation, asked for my opinion, from the Jewish-religious perspective…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1844

Subjects:

Talmud, Halakhah, Circumcision, Theology

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Theology, Religion & Theology
Letter on Touring the Land of Israel
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I went to the grave of the Tanna Ila, a man from the village of Yavneh who is mentioned in the tractates Berakhot and Avot, and afterwards we went to the grave of the pious Tanna R. Judah bar Ila‘i…

Contributor:

Isaiah Horowitz

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1621

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Travel, Talmud, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Letters