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Question: . . . When Rabbi Joseph Ottolenghi was visiting this land, he told me that he printed sixteen megillot on parchment prepared for this purpose [i.e., to be used for the scrolls—Ed.]. When I…
Contributor:
Moses Provenzali
Places:
Mantua, Holy Roman Empire (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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Question 5: What blessing should one recite over coffee and tea, and is there any problem with drinking them on Passover?
Response: I will answer the questions in order. Regarding the blessing, it has…
Contributor:
Jacob Reischer
Places:
Metz, France
Date:
1719
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The man should not purchase meat until he has taken counsel with his wife to see which type of meat she wants him to take, so that the wife cannot later say that it is dark meat…
Contributor:
Eliezer Shem-Tov Papo
Places:
Silistra, Ottoman Empire (Silistra, Bulgaria)
Date:
1872–1874
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I was asked by a resident in London concerning a portable electric lamp called “Kosher Lamp” which has a separate upper part which is made to direct the light or to cover it up altogether by twisting…
Contributor:
Chanoch HaCohen Ehrentreu
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
2003