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Takkanah (Regulation)
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In the name of God, in Pisa, the nineteenth of Shevat in the year 5373, February 2, 1613 Whereas the members of the mahamad [board of governors] and those accompanying them, including Ḥakham Azaria…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Pisa

Places:

Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pisa, Italy)

Date:

1613

Subjects:

Food and drink, Gentiles, Christian-Jewish relations, Community, Cities

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes, Responsa
The Death of the Tavern Keeper’s Wife
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With every stone that was set in the new barn, another drop of life seemed to ebb from the wife of the randar or tavern keeper. When she looked out at the building, she often said that she would not…

Contributor:

Leopold Kompert

Places:

Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1848

Subjects:

Economic life, Death, Christian-Jewish relations, Family, Food and drink

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
I Speak to You Openly, My Child
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(Short Poems in Prose)

Contributor:

Yosef Kirman

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Parenthood, Christian-Jewish relations, Food and drink, Animals

Categories:

Poetry, Literature
Takkanot (Regulations)
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1. When the leaders of the people assembled together, the heads of the holy community of Ludmir (Włodzimierz), in conjunction with all…

Contributor:

The Assembly of Ludmir

Places:

Ludmir, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Włodzimierz, Poland)

Date:

1602

Subjects:

Sabbath, Food and drink, Christian-Jewish relations, Economic life, Communal organizations

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes