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Takkanot Kandia (Regulations of Candia): On Purim
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May salvation be near, and we be cleansed of great sin. Amen. I, the undersigned, have witnessed the bad custom practiced among young men on the days of Purim, that in the synagogue during the…

Contributor:

Moses Bili ben Judah, The Jewish Community of Crete

Places:

Crete, Venice (Crete, Greece)

Date:

1545

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Prayer & Liturgy
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy, Muslim-Jewish relations, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts