Volume 5: Law: Continuity and Change in the Early Modern Period, 2008, Yeshiva University, New York, NY

2008 Workshop Texts

Community Statutes of Ühlfeld
See: Takkanot Kahal and the origin of communal structures in a Franconian village community in the 17th century
Stefan Litt
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

Letter of Josel Joseph Jonas to the Senate in Hamburg
See: Challenging Herem in Hamburg, 1732
David Horowitz
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University

Petition of the Jewish Elders of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Hamburg
See: Challenging Herem in Hamburg, 1732
David Horowitz
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University

Pleasant Ways
See: Jews at the Court of the Kadi
Yaron Ben-Naeh
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Privilege for the Jews of Lwów
See: Trying Issues: Polish-Lithuanian Jews under Multiple Jurisdictions
Adam Teller
Marek Matczyński, March 21, 1692
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa

Privilege for the Jews of the Przemyśl Region and Rus'
See: Trying Issues: Polish-Lithuanian Jews under Multiple Jurisdictions
Adam Teller
Stefan Czarniecki, March 17, 1660
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa

Responsa Maharshal
See: The Legal Status of the Wife in Ashkenazi Jewish Legal Tradition: Continuity and Change in the Sixteenth Century
Elimelech (Melech) Westreich
Maharshal (Solomon Luria), 2nd half of the 16th century, 1st half of the 17th century
Translated by: Elimelekh Westreich

Responsa Maharshal
See: The Legal Status of the Wife in Ashkenazi Jewish Legal Tradition: Continuity and Change in the Sixteenth Century
Elimelech (Melech) Westreich
מהרש''ל -שלמה לוריא, 2nd half of the 16th century, 1st half of the 17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School

Shulhan `arukh
See: Expanding Legal Horizons?
Edward Fram
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University

Shulkhan Arukh, Glosses by Moses Isserles
See: The Legal Status of the Wife in Ashkenazi Jewish Legal Tradition: Continuity and Change in the Sixteenth Century
Elimelech (Melech) Westreich
Moses Isserles, 2nd half of the 16th century, 1st half of the 17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School

Siftei Kohen-The Priest's Lips
See: Expanding Legal Horizons?
Edward Fram
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University

Supplication of Josel Josef Jonas of Hamburg
See: Challenging Herem in Hamburg, 1732
David Horowitz
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University

The court records of istanbul
See: Jews at the Court of the Kadi
Yaron Ben-Naeh
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Tract on the Jews
See: The Jews and Ius Commune
Kenneth Stow
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University

Turei Zahab-The Golden Columns
See: Expanding Legal Horizons?
Edward Fram
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University



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