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Italki Rite (Italian Nusach Distinctives)

The ancient Italian (Italki / Bnei Roma) Jewish liturgical rite, neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic — distinguished by unique piyyutim, distinctive Shabbat zemirot, and preserved Eretz-Yisrael-era practices. Continuous in Rome since antiquity.

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Bartenura on Mishnah Eduyot · Ovadia Bartenura · 1482 CE

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אִסָּר. מִשְׁקָלוֹ אַרְבָּעָה גַּרְעִינֵי שְׂעֹרָה. וְנִקְרָא אִיטַלְקִי, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהָיָה מַטְבֵּעַ הַיּוֹצֵא בְּאִיטַאלְיָה:

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