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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
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David of Makev
Places:
Maków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1798
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Inasmuch as the association of balbirer [artisan barbers] have seen boys break away from their masters and think of themselves as expert physicians, and, on account of which, they have failed in…
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The Guild of Barbers of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1639
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On Sunday 3 Tammuz 5416, the lords, their honors, the wardens, may the Rock preserve them, gathered together and once again accepted master Yontil the balbirer [barber] to be the expert physician for…
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The Jewish Community of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1657
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A baby that has fallen from a high place and become mute, his mother should take his hand and place it in her womb and afterwards thrust that hand into the mouth of the baby. After that, the woman…
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Joel Ba‘al Shem Heilprin
Places:
Zamość, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Zamość, Poland)
Date:
16th Century