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Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On Non-Jews in Synagogue
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No one may accommodate non-Jews [in the synagogue] without the permission of the mahamad [board of governors]. In the past, it was promulgated that no person may get up from his place to go to greet…

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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640

Subjects:

Synagogue, Gentiles, Christian-Jewish relations, Communal organizations, Prayer & liturgy, Law

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Law, Legal documents
Takkanah (Regulation)
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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…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Pisa

Places:

Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pisa, Italy)

Date:

1613

Subjects:

Food and drink, Gentiles, Christian-Jewish relations, Community, Cities, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes, Responsa
El libro des los acuerdos (The Book of Accounts)
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43. To avoid the scandal and hindrance that it causes in this Kahal Kados on the occasions when English ladies come to see the ceremonies of our religion…

Contributor:

Wardens of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1664

Subjects:

Women, Ritual & observance, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue, Halakhah, Law

Categories:

Law, Legal documents