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We the undersigned hereby declare that to sustain the community and for the welfare and the peace of the communities of our city, of common accord we have issued for twenty years the following…
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The Jewish Community of Salonika
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1617
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
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Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1890
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Regarding those who fight one another inside the synagogue over the seats which each one has designated for himself, as when one is late in arriving and finds that another person is sitting in his…
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Jacob Huli
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1732