Chess
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| Described At | Chess | yivo |
| Has Abstract | European Jews knew of and played chess long before their arrival in Eastern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Leading Polish rabbis, Mosheh Isserles in the sixteenth century and Avraham Gombiner in the seventeenth, explicitly permitted playing chess, including on the Sabbath, as long as money was not wagered on the outcome (Shulḥan ‘arukh, Oraḥ ḥayim, 338:5). There were also condemnations of chess, notably in Shevet musar, a very popular work of the eighteenth century that took a negative stance influenced by kabbalistic sources (chap. 42). Nevertheless, and particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, chess was widely played in Jewish households of various levels of observance and, often enough, by both sexes. | yivo |
| is Represents of | 1573701 | ep |
| Title | Chess | yivo |
| is Owl Same As of | 1573701 | ep |
| Core Alt Label | chess | yivo |
| is Core Broader of | Appendix: Prominent Jewish Chess Players | yivo |
| Core Narrower | Appendix: Prominent Jewish Chess Players | yivo |
| Core Pref Label | Chess | yivo |
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