10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHADKHANIM»
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The New Encyclopaedia Britannica
Shadkhanim were thus relied upon to gather and evaluate information on the
personal qualities and background of potential spouses in order to ensure a
felicitous and holy union. Their recompense, fixed by custom, was often a
percentage of ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, 1998
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The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropædia
Shadkhanim were thus relied upon to gather and evaluate information on the
personal qualities and background of potential spouses in order to ensure a
felicitous and holy union. Their recompense, fixed by custom, was often a
percentage of ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, 1991
3
Chambers's Papers for the People
These circumstances have given rise to a class of persons who have received
the name of Shadkhanim. They make it their business to become acquainted with
all those particulars which people like to know before making or responding to ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1856
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Chambers's papers for the people
These circumstances have given rise to a class of persons who have received
the name of Shadkhanim. They make it their business to become acquainted with
all those particulars which people like to know before making or responding to ...
Chambers W. and R., ltd, 1850
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Chamber's Papers for the People
These circumstances have given rise to a class of persons who have received
the name of Shadkhanim. They make it their business to become acquainted with
all those particulars which people like to know before making or responding to ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1856
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The Enlightened Will Shine: Symbolization and Theurgy in the ...
Masters of Torah, from the realm of the central pillar, in which at midnight King
David arose3'5 to unite with the Shekhinah (who is night) ” . . .36 As intercessors
between the text and its esoteric meaning, the maskilim are like shadkhanim, ...
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Wine and Thorns in Tokay Valley: Jewish Life in Hungary : ...
Marriage brokers, known as Shadkhanim, traveled from place to place, offering
prospective candidates for marriage. The shadkhan first talked to the parents of
both parties; then the young man who was chosen as a candidate was invited to
...
Zahava Szász Stessel, 1995
8
Hasidic People: A Place in the New World
Marriage in New Square With so many young people available it is relatively
easy to arrange a match: the two or three local shadkhanim (matchmakers) know
who is available; siblings attending the yeshivah bring back notice of the ...
9
Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia
... were shadkhanim." That rabbinic scholars dominated this profession comes as
no surprise, given their elite position in premodern Jewish society and the high
value placed on marriage. See Abrahams, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, 1 8 6.
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Gender and Jewish History
It is unclear who placed the ads: individuals seeking marriage partners, members
of their families, or marriage brokers (Shadkhanim). Moreover, some of the ads
were placed on behalf of older men and women who still preferred traditional ...
Marion A. Kaplan, Deborah Dash Moore, 2011
