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License Authorizing Daniel da Costa Gomez to Be a Ritual Slaughterer
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These letters of mine may be presented by the witnesses of the Lord, and they will be vindicated—to the effect that the young and delightful young man Daniel, whose utterances were genuine, appeared…

Contributor:

Samuel Mendes de Sola

Places:

Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1757

Subjects:

Halakhah, Kashrut, Food and drink, Scholarship, Excommunication

Categories:

Legal documents, Law
Ḥerem against the Karaites
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We have placed in ḥerem [excommunication] David Henriq[ue]s, alias David Almansa, [and] Aron and Ishack Dias da Fonseca and the account reads, as follows: (In Adar I). The gentlemen of the Mahamad…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1712

Subjects:

Excommunication, Oral Torah, Karaites, Jewish identity, Karaite

Categories:

Theology, Law, Legal documents