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This is the text of the letter which the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the priests, the prophets, the rest of the elders of the exile community, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar…
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Furthermore, with regard to a synagogue, one should be careful when leaving the synagogue not to leave with one’s back to the altar, where the Torah scroll is placed. Rather, one should face the holy…
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Elijah de Vidas
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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1579
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…
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Unknown
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1628
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The Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the people of Israel:
Cursed be anyone who makes a sculptured or molten image, abhorred by the Lord, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up…
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These are the people of the province who came up from among the captive exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried into exile to Babylon, who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his…
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Persian Period, 6th–4th Century BCE
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[ . . . ] Last week, during the days of Hanukkah, we encountered…
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Israel of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
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Beginning of the 16th Century
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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: The Israelites shall camp each with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance.
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And the following are the local kings whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan—from Baal-gad in the Valley of the Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir—which…
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This is the list of David’s warriors: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni, the chief officer; he wielded his spear against three hundred and slew them all on one occasion. Next to him was Eleazar son of…
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These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
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Second half of the 16th Century