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Paraḥ mateh Aharon (The Staff of Aaron Had Sprouted)
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…

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Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1701

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Nonmonogamy, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Reportage
Minhage Vormeiza (Customs of Worms): On Weddings
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…

Contributor:

Judah Leib Kirchheim

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

ca. 1631

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Betrothal, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Law, Reportage
Print engraving of people outdoors around wedding canopy, outside of building.