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She’elot u-teshuvot yeshanot (Old Responsa): On Marital Deception
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This rabbinic responsum, a “response” to a question of Jewish law, addresses the issue of marital deception and its legal ramifications.

Contributor:

Joel Sirkes

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Abortion, Adultery

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Set of curved doors with carving of candelabrum, peacock-shaped vessels, and basket of fruit and flowers on right side and table with compartments, peacock-shaped vessels, and basket of fruit and flowers on left side.
The Eternal Love Song: A Picture of Labor Life
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Scene: A small garret room. A door is set in a deep recess at the back; there is another door at right. It is night. Several small children are bedded on wooden benches, and several more are asleep in…

Contributor:

Mark Arnshteyn

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Poverty, Labor, Marriage, Adultery, Class

Categories:

Theater/Drama, Performing Arts