in Hamburg following which he was buried “in the cemetery of the Portuguese Israelites, whose rituals he had professed all his life.” 1807: Henry Clay who in 1850 “led the fight in the Senate to reject a treat with the Swiss Confederation which would have subjected American Jews traveling...
All these synagogues stood at the graves of the amoraim whose names they bore. These examples show that the synagogues bearing the names of Biblical or Talmudic celebrities were often similar in character to the "ḳubbah" (vault; Hebr. ) regularly built over the grave of a Mohammedan ...
They bury their dead at once, not in coffins, but in graves lined with stones. Lamentations are continued for seven days; on the third and seventh days an offering is brought, and it is believed that until this has been done the soul remains in the "valley of death." During the seven...
The Jews were again forbidden to leave their ghetto, and were even prohibited from erecting monuments on their graves. In 1784 three Jews were murdered in the public streets, and two Jewish children were forcibly baptized. The Roman community therefore found it necessary to confer with the ...
1765. Moses ha-Yerushalmi (author of "Yede Mosheh," description of sacred graves). 1768. Pereẓ b. Moses (author of "Shebaḥ u-Tehillah le-Ereẓ Yisrael," Amsterdam, 1769). 1777. Israel Politzki, Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk, and Abraham Kalisker (Luncz, "Jerusalem." v. 164-174...
All these synagogues stood at the graves of the amoraim whose names they bore. These examples show that the synagogues bearing the names of Biblical or Talmudic celebrities were often similar in character to the "ḳubbah" (vault; Hebr. ) regularly built over the grave of a Mohammedan ...
Jews’ socialsegregationand their refusal to acknowledge the gods worshipped by other peoples aroused resentment among some pagans, particularly in the 1st centurybce–1st centuryce. Unlike polytheistic religions, which acknowledge multiple gods,Judaismis monotheistic—it recognizes only one God. However,...