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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
Taking Hold of Torah: Jewish Commitment and Community in America
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The Book of Leviticus is not terribly popular among American Jews of my acquaintance. […] Leviticus seems so repetitive, so anachronistic. […] [The] book is in many…

Contributor:

Arnold M. Eisen

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Date:

1997

Subjects:

Bible, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Biblical commentary, Theology