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Note of Royalty Who Visited the Sephardic Synagogue of Amsterdam between 1642 and 1781
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…

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David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1792

Subjects:

Politics, Government, Sephardic, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture, Memoirs & Diaries, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works, Firsthand Accounts
Register of a Jewish Midwife
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…

Contributor:

Roza

Places:

Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)
Netherlands

Date:

1794–1832

Subjects:

Life cycle, Birth, Women, Profession, Health

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Firsthand Accounts, Medicine, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works, Science & Philosophy