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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…
The heads of the Communities have gathered here at Frankfort at the order of our masters, the Sages of Germany, to sit in council and look into the needs of the community and to make such ordinances…
There may not be in this [city of] Recife and Antonio Vaz any congregation beyond that which exists today—may God enlarge it—and, if there be now or at any time anyone who contests this matter, the…
Throughout the tribes of Israel, we faithfully made it known how the holy and wise Nathan of Gaza came here to our camp. He said that he was a prophet, bringing news of the coming of the Redeemer and…
They that went before were affrighted (Job 18:20); [they took] a path that many have trod, princes most honorable (Numbers 22:15); the customs of our fathers are in our hands [b. Shabbat 35b], and it…
In the name of God, in Pisa, the nineteenth of Shevat in the year 5373, February 2, 1613
Whereas the members of the mahamad [board of governors] and those accompanying them, including Ḥakham Azaria…
I ask your Honor to do me the favor of making known to me your opinion as to how one should nowadays understand the degree of sanctity of the Holy Land; and if there is any merit in living there, for…
For I heard slander, fear was on every side [see Psalms 31:14], as the son of the despised maidservant slanders the son of the mistress, saying, “Those miserable Jews, they had a single language from…
Rules and regulations of Talmud Torah, now consolidated, and the general council of our community of Hamburg, whereby the members of the general council shall elect as parnasim (community leaders)…
The Messrs. Parnassim of T: T: [Talmud Torah—Ed.] having disclosed to the gentlemen of the Mahamad [board of governors—Ed.] and councillors the liberty which the students…