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Seder mitsvot ha-nashim (The Order of Women’s Commandments): On the Sabbath Eve
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Every woman is obligated to kindle lights on the eve of each Sabbath and Festival and this is a great mitzvah. And she makes the blessing, “Blessed are You God, our Lord, King of the universe. Who has…

Contributor:

Benjamin Slonik

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1577

Subjects:

Women, Holidays, Sabbath, Ritual & observance, Sin

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology
Minhage de-kehilah ha-kedoshah Vormaiza (Customs of the Holy Community of Worms): On the Sabbath
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27. On the eve of the Sabbath they light the oven in the home of the beadle, where they bake cakes and roast what is required for the Sabbath. They also boil the pots for the needs of…

Contributor:

Yuspa Shamash

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Ritual & observance, Prayer, Community

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
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:

Sermon, Holidays, Sabbath, Bible, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Sermons
Historia de’ riti Ebraici (History of the Jewish Rites): On the Sabbath
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    Jews hold the Sabbath, above all other feasts, with the greatest veneration on account of it being named so often in the Scripture and being ordered…

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1637

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Halakhah, Ritual & observance, Rabbis

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy