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Vikuaḥ mayim ḥayim (Dispute of “Living Waters”)
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And just as a person finds pleasant only such food as he has prepared himself, in accordance with what he wishes to eat, and has no desire whatsoever to depend upon his neighbor’s table, so too, he…

Contributor:

Ḥayim ben Bezalel

Places:

Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire (Friedberg, Germany)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Halakhah, Talmud, Oral Torah, Food and drink, Rabbis

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes, Firsthand Accounts
Responsa binyan tsiyon (Responsa: Building Zion)
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The Holy Community of Altona, Friday, 29 Marheshvan 5621[14 November 1860] To my dear friend, father of my son-in-law, the distinguished rabbi, our Teacher, R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman, may his…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Halakhah, Karaites, Ritual & observance, Apostasy, Food and drink

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters