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This is a short essay on the debate concerning practical halakhic issues that took place between the sages of Safed and those of Jerusalem wherein the sages of Safed saw fit to implement the ruling…
Contributor:
Levi Ibn Ḥabib
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1538
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An event occurred to a person named Samuel, who was a great wise man down on his luck. He converted from Judaism and became one of the uncircumcised, accepting their religion. He learned their…
Contributor:
Aaron Garish
Places:
Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)
Date:
ca. 1527
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We want to make ourselves strong for our people and the cities of our God, and to raise the banner of Torah which had been thrown to the ground and trodden down. Behold, this people of God is a…
Contributor:
Jacob Berab
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1538