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The creator of the popular ritual of placing an orange on the Seder plate describes exactly how this innovation arose, its intended significance, and the problematic erasure of its origins.
Contributor:
Susannah Heschel
Places:
Hanover, United States of America
Date:
2001
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1890