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Kedushat Yom Tov (The Sanctity of Yom Tov)
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Reuben spoke in the marketplace with two men, inviting them to come to his house for the purpose of giving them the monies accrued from a business partnership, and they entered his house…

Contributor:

Yom Tov ben Israel Jacob Algazi

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

ca. 1800

Subjects:

Halakhah, Betrothal, Jerusalem, Temple, Ritual & observance, Responsa, Sermons

Categories:

Responsa, Sermons
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Ya‘arot devash (Honeycombs)
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The Meaning of the Sukkah: Exile, for the Whole World Is Only a…

Contributor:

Jonathan Eybeschütz

Places:

Metz, France

Date:

1744

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Ethics, Sermons

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Sermons
Responsa binyan tsiyon (Responsa: Building Zion)
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The Holy Community of Altona, Friday, 29 Marheshvan 5621[14 November 1860] To my dear friend, father of my son-in-law, the distinguished rabbi, our Teacher, R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman, may his…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Halakhah, Karaites, Ritual & observance, Apostasy, Food and drink, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Sefat ha-shulḥan (Rim of the Table)
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To cause a blessing to rest within your house, by virtue of your deeds in this world throughout your life; to include [a blessing in] the world to come, as indicated by the length of your days…

Contributor:

Abraham ha-Levi Segal

Places:

Rzeszow, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeszow, Poland)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual & observance, Halakhah, Food and drink, Blessings & curses, Prayer & liturgy

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Prayer & Liturgy