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When our teacher Rabbi Solomon, who was a rabbi here in Aleppo, passed away without any male children, the rabbis [of the city] consulted among themselves, and with the elders of the people and the…
Contributor:
Raphael Laniado
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)
Date:
1787
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This is a short essay on the debate concerning practical halakhic issues that took place between the sages of Safed and those of Jerusalem wherein the sages of Safed saw fit to implement the ruling…
Contributor:
Levi Ibn Ḥabib
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1538
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When the leaders of the people were assembled, all the tribes of Israel together, on the evening of the twenty-first day of Adar 5572, to oversee the affairs of the general community and the needs of…
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Akiva Eger
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Poznan, French Empire (Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1814
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We want to make ourselves strong for our people and the cities of our God, and to raise the banner of Torah which had been thrown to the ground and trodden down. Behold, this people of God is a…
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Jacob Berab
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1538