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Responsum: On the Right to Bequeath a Mitzvah
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…

Contributor:

Yom Tov Tzahalon

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Rite of passage, Ritual & observance, Bible, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
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
Paper with Hebrew writing and decorative doodles on corners of text.