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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
Paper with Hebrew writing and decorative doodles on corners of text.
Bet Yosef (The House of Joseph): On Marriage Contracts
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Question: Reuven has a single daughter, soft and delicate, whom he married to Ḥanokh ben Judah with a dowry of a thousand sultanish. The bride is twelve years old, and in her father’s home she was…

Contributor:

Joseph Karo

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1542

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Women, Justice system, Halakhah, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa