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Sefer ha-tsava’ah (Book of the Testament): Ethical Will
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Now I will give instructions concerning how to look after me from the beginning of my final illness—when the day of judgment comes, during all the period of my illness, and the time of my death, when…

Contributor:

Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1718

Subjects:

Death, Mourning, Burial society, Burial, Purity

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & Philosophy, Ethics
Responsum: On the Burial of an Uncircumcised Boy
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Tuesday, parashat Shemini 5643 (1883), Sighet. To the astute and erudite master, R. Eli Marder, may his light shine. I received your letter concerning the wicked men who do not allow their sons to be…

Contributor:

Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum

Places:

Sziget, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Szigetvár, Hungary)
Sziget (Szigetvár, Hungary)

Date:

1883

Subjects:

Circumcision, Burial, Ritual & observance, Burial society

Categories:

Law, Responsa

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