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Note of Royalty Who Visited the Sephardic Synagogue of Amsterdam between 1642 and 1781
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…

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David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1792

Subjects:

Politics, Government, Sephardic, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture, Memoirs & diaries, Lists & catalogues, Reference works, Firsthand accounts
Page with Hebrew title surrounded by wreath and two cherubs, above middle section with two columns with small pictures and Hebrew text in center, and Hebrew line at bottom of page.
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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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

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts