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Kerakh shel romi (City of Rome)
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The Bah (Bayit Hadash) was asked concerning the practice in synagogues of using music which is sung in the houses of worship (of non-Jews). It is only forbidden regarding…

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Israel Moses Ḥazan

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1850

Subjects:

Music, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue, Apostasy, Sephardic

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Pedagogy & Schooling
Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On Non-Jews in Synagogue
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No one may accommodate non-Jews [in the synagogue] without the permission of the mahamad [board of governors]. In the past, it was promulgated that no person may get up from his place to go to greet…

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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640

Subjects:

Synagogue, Gentiles, Christian-Jewish relations, Communal organizations, Prayer

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Law, Legal Documents
El libro des los acuerdos (The Book of Accounts)
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43. To avoid the scandal and hindrance that it causes in this Kahal Kados on the occasions when English ladies come to see the ceremonies of our religion…

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Wardens of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1664

Subjects:

Women, Ritual & observance, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue, Halakhah

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents