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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Praha, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1780
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[ . . . ] And all the more so with our brethren the people of Israel who come from the lands of the dispersion, who do not know and have not seen the way in which every person called by the name of…
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Samuel Aboab
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1650
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…
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The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1606
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Now we have already informed all those present of the main point: we have come to inform and announce and make known to His Excellency, because this is the custom, what it is his duty toward us. For…
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Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1640
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The incident was as follows: A woman came before me from a backwater Jewish town weeping bitterly over the sins of her youth, as she had been unfaithful to her first husband before she married her…
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Unknown
Places:
Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Moravia, Czech Republic)
Date:
1689
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I have divided this garment into three parts, all of which can serve as cloaks for the rabbis. I have arranged them in the following order: the first part is my commentary on the Guide…
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Mordechai Jaffe
Places:
Poznan, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1603