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Face to face, the Lord spoke with your whole community, who fear his name.
Indeed, you saw his greatness at Sinai; indeed, you heard the voice of his speech.
He revealed to me the secret of the law…
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Faradji Chouat
Places:
Beja, Ottoman Empire
(Beja, Tunisia)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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[ . . . ] Last week, during the days of Hanukkah, we encountered…
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Israel of Jerusalem
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Beginning of the 16th Century
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I received your letter, and since you believed that I sent to you concerning matters of our Messiah of Truth, I shall fulfill the wishes of your heart and your feelings of deficiency, and I shall tell…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
1670
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Act II, Scene 3
Jezebel [Goes up to meet Ahab]:You have seen a conversion yourself? Do tell me!
Ahab [Bewildered]:Oh Jezebel! I am dying! I cannot breathe!
[Sinks into a chair.]
What is this? Am I…
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Avraam Papo
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(Bulgaria, Bulgaria)
Date:
1898
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Behold, at this time, faithful Jews from the lands of Ashkenaz and Bohemia came to Jerusalem from nearby—with letters from both of these lands—as they came to attest and tell of their interest in a…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1525
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R. Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah ‘Akrish, may he rest in peace, from exile in Spain and Naples, said that he would not receive the proud waters [of baptism; see Psalms 124:5], and was driven out…
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Isaac Akrish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1575–1578
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After greeting, I accepted the letters, but we do not have the time to copy the expositions, as you wanted. Due to the fact that the late, wise, and pious Judah Ashkenazi, when he came to Jerusalem…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
ca. 1670–1680