Posts by Salomon Vaz Dias
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Morir havemos
This evening commences the Month of Ab which we will call from the 10th: Menahem. Many others start observing a period of mourning. We Iberian Israelites do not yet. For us that time starts after Habdalah, Saturday evening and will end Friday afternoon just before Shabbat Nahamu. We will not drink wine, eat meat, and not wear new clothes. We do not shave, if not required by work or if required to ...
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Angel for Shabbat--Aharei Mot/Kedoshimby Rabbi Marc D. Angel The Sifra on Vayikra 19:18 records a debate between Rabbi Akiva and Ben Azzai. Rabbi Akiva states that the verse, "and you shall love your neighbor as yourself" is a great principle of the Torah. Ben Azzai, while agreeing with Rabbi Akiva's basic point, suggests that another verse contains an even greater principle of Torah: zeh sefer to...
Funeral Procession of Haham Isaac J. Palache, Amsterdam 1926https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/
In accordance with advises from Haham S. Rodrigues Pereira during the “three weeks” שהחינו is usually not said and one is advised in most cases not to get married or celebrate a Bar Misvah. At this time of the “three weeks” at the end of the weekdays morning prayers, the “עץ חיים” lines are replaced by five verses of Eicha. If there is a mourning individual these verses are replaced by the צידוק ה...
Western Sephardim & Race - Ethnicity - Religion - Peoplehood(Also posted on the Foundation Page)As I explained in my article in Studia rosenthaliana vol. 29 - Number 1 - 1995: Western Sephardim have been part of the great currents of Western European, British and North American history for nearly 500 years. What happened to European Sephardim in 1939-1945 might be described as the third exile: not...
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Religion and Superstition: A Maimonidean ApproachBy Rabbi Marc D. Angel
17 februari 1960, Muiderstraat, gezien vanaf de Jodenbreestraat kijkend richting de Nieuwe Herengracht. Vervaaardiger: ANEFOFotograaf: onbekendBron: https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/
February 17th 1960, Amsterdam’s Muiderstraat, portrayed from the Jodenbreestraat in the direction of the Nieuwe Herengracht. North side Portuguese Synagogue Talmud ToraSee: https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/
The British musicologist Elliot Alderman recites the Kadish Lengelah in accordance with Amsterdam’s Talmud Tora Congregation for the First Night of a holiday.
The British musicologist Elliot Alderman recites the Kadish Lengelah in accordance with Amsterdam’s Talmud Tora Congregation for the First Night of a holiday.
The Ancient Modernity of the Liturgical Music of the Portuguese Synagogue in AmsterdamBY EDWIN SEROUSSIThe Opening Ceremony of the VIIth EAJS Congress, on 21 July 2002, included a presentation of Jewish liturgical music composed roughly two and a half centuries ago and performed that day, to the best of my knowledge, for the first time since then. This music was originally conceived and executed b...
The Ancient Modernity of the Liturgical Music of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam" by Edwin SeroussiThe Ancient Modernity of the Liturgical Music of the Portuguese Synagogue in AmsterdamBY EDWIN SEROUSSIThe Opening Ceremony of the VIIth EAJS Congress, on 21 July 2002, included a presentation of Jewish liturgical music composed roughly two and a half centuries ago and performed that day, to t...
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Our brothers and sisters in London and Manchester sing on Hanukkah for Enkolohenu the tune of Judas Maccabaeus composed by Georg Friederich Händel.
Our brothers and sisters in London and Manchester sing on Hanukkah for Enkolohenu the tune of Judas Maccabaeus composed by Georg Friederich Händel.
28Subject: Invitation Mongui Maduro WebinarTo: <moniquealberts@madurolibrary.org> logo.jpgI N V I T A T I O N Dear Friends of the Mongui Maduro Library:We cordially invite you to our first Free WebinarMahamad and Rabbi: from Conflict to Concordto be presented by Ron Gomes Casseres In his presentation Ron will outline how the governance stipulations in the regulations of congregation Mikvé Israel w...
Torah for Today: Thoughts for Simhat Torahby Rev. Dr. Marc D. Angel, Emiritus Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue in New York CityAs we approach Simhat Torah--a time to celebrate our love of the Torah and its teachings--we have some heaviness of heart this year. We read of high levels of covid 19 infections among Hareidi communities in Israel, New York, Lakew...
Parasa Ki Tabo
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Amsterdam S&P Friday Night Tune
The choir master of thé S&P in London talks about Hazanuth in the Amsterdam Congregation.
Prayer for the King & Government