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Seder nashim (Order of Women): On Welcoming the Sabbath
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Near sunset one shall light a Shabbat candle and before saying the blessing it is necessary to say “I am not receiving Shabbat” even if one already lit it, until it is Shabbat. And then…

Contributor:

Meir Benveniste

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1565

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Women, Prayer, Piety

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Religion & Theology