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Responsum: On Resorting to Non-Jewish Law Courts
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And now we see that the number of servants breaking away from their Master, our Heavenly Father, increases daily, in that whenever they have a quarrel with their Jewish brothers or sisters they have…

Contributor:

Azriel Diena

Places:

Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua (Sabbioneta, Italy)

Date:

1536

Subjects:

Gentiles, Government, Justice system, Community, Excommunication, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic law, Responsa
Responsum: On Communal Leadership
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Question: The holy community of Rhodes (may their Rock protect and sustain them) agreed and accepted upon themselves, under the threat of very severe penalties, that no member of Israel—not Sargons n…

Contributor:

David Ibn Abi Zimra

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Rabbis, Leadership, Community, Justice system, Diaspora, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Mishpat u-tsedakah be-Ya‘akov (Judgment and Righteousness [Are] in Jacob)
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It has been a long, sorrowful time that Mr. Solomon Ha-Kohen of Tangier (may God protect him) has been living here with us in Fez (may God protect it), upset angry, and bitter. We did not know what…

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Jacob Ibn Tsur

Places:

Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)

Date:

1744

Subjects:

Marriage, Adultery, Justice system, Community, Muslim-Jewish relations, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa