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Bayit ḥadash (New House): On Bowing during Prayer
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“He goes back four cubits etc.” This implies that he must move backwards, but not forwards or to the sides. [ . . . ] It seems that this action was instituted by the sages only for an individual…

Contributor:

Joel Sirkes

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1631–1640

Subjects:

Prayer & liturgy, Leadership, Community, Synagogue, Halakhah, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Legal Codes, Responsa
Ohale Ya‘akov (The Tents of Jacob): On Prayer Customs
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To the city of London, to the complete sage R. Solomon Ayalon, in the year 1697.

Contributor:

Jacob Sasportas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1697

Subjects:

Rabbis, Holidays, Ritual & observance, Prayer & liturgy, Polemics, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic law, Responsa