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Letter to Netanel Trabotto: On Prayer
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A copy of the letter from the perfect sage R. Samuel Norzi, of blessed memory, in which he seeks to permit, as per his opinion, the singers [in the synagogue] to…

Contributor:

Samuel Isaac Norzi, Abraham Graziano

Places:

Senigallia, Papal States (Senigallia, Italy)

Date:

1645

Subjects:

Synagogue, Music, Bible, Rabbis, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy, Letters
Divre Shelomoh (The Words of Solomon)
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The portion of Va-yikra’, on the holy Sabbath, 7th Adar II, 5331 [1571]. I delivered this sermon before a large audience, in honor of the King, king of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He. [When any…

Contributor:

Solomon le-vet ha-Levi

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1568–1574

Subjects:

Sermons, Holidays, Sabbath, Bible, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Sermons
Responsum: On the Right to Bequeath a Mitzvah
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…

Contributor:

Yom Tov Tzahalon

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Rite of passage, Ritual & observance, Bible

Categories:

Law, Responsa