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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
Contributor:
Judah Leib Kirchheim
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1631
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…
Contributor:
Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
Places:
Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732