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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
Description of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) in Amsterdam
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On the south it is separated from the synagogue of the Polish and German Jews by a branch of the River Amstel; on the west it faces the opulent Casa de los lázaros [hospice for the poor]; on the north…

Contributor:

Daniel Levi de Barrios

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1675

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Ritual & observance, Community, Cantor

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, History