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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1729
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Contributor:
Wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1680/1
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Nicolas de Nicolay
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1568
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Unknown
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1627
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…
Contributor:
Samuel Feibush
Places:
Venice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
Date:
1655
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the…
Contributor:
Elijah Capsali
Places:
Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1523
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In the days of Antigonus, in about 3160 of creation, roughly 52 of the second rule of Ptolemy II over…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
Places:
Alessandria, Duchy of Milan
(Alessandria, Italy)
Date:
1587
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The words of a pure woman “more precious than rubies”
whose wish is to attend to studies,
and her name is the gentle Dinah:
She seeks counsel from the wise
for she fears lest her honor may everywhere…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1553
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As on this month’s last day,
the moon is waning,
make my sins wane, O Lord,
my merits flourish.
I know my heart is hard—
a wicked web whose threads are sin—
and I deserve the fire
for weaving wrong…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
17th Century
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Zimro, the son of Tovas [ . . . ] was very good-looking, highly intelligent, and a scholar. Now, the king loved him more than any other member of the royal household. He was the leading figure at…
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Unknown
Date:
1580/1585