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Ketubbah
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from London was written for the marriage of Isaac di Matos-Lopes and Sarah di Matos-Lopes. It also has, as one of its signatories, prominent scholar David Nieto, first…

Contributor:

David Nieto

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Ketubot, Marriage, Illuminated manuscripts, Women, Family

Categories:

Legal documents, Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Aramaic text surrounded by border of flowers, vines, and animals, and illustrations of couple on top right corner and of figure with two children on top left corner.
El libro des los acuerdos (The Book of Accounts)
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43. To avoid the scandal and hindrance that it causes in this Kahal Kados on the occasions when English ladies come to see the ceremonies of our religion…

Contributor:

Wardens of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1664

Subjects:

Women, Ritual & observance, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue, Halakhah, Law

Categories:

Law, Legal documents
El libro de los acuerdos: On Printing Books
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No Jew shall be allowed to cause to be printed in this city or outside it in these realms Hebrew or Ladino books or [books] in any other language without express permission of the Mahamad [board of…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London

Places:

London, England (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1693

Subjects:

Print, Excommunication, Jewish languages, Punishment, Law

Categories:

Law, Legal documents