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Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On Purim
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Inasmuch as the members of the mahamad [board of governors] consider it a vile practice among us today for youngsters to strike with…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Synagogue, Adolescence

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Takkanot Kandia (Regulations of Candia): On Purim
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen. I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…

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Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete

Places:

Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)

Date:

1545

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Synagogue, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Minhage de-kehilah ha-kedoshah Vormaiza (Customs of the Holy Community of Worms): On Purim
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At the beginning of Purim, after evening prayer near the time when it gets dark, the charity warden brings with him an assortment of candles that are painted and nice looking, and he…

Contributor:

Yuspa Shamash

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Prayer, Community

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy