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The Book of Me‘am lo‘ez is the explication of the entire Hebrew Bible in Ladino, explaining the way of life which a person must lead as the sacred law commanded, and also to know about all that…
Contributor:
Jacob Huli
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets transmitted it to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three…
Contributor:
Ovadiah of Bartenura
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
16th Century
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Is your excessive talk beneficial to you? [ . . . ] And do you consider it proper that you peruse the [weekly Pentateuchal] portion twice in Hebrew and…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1530s
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Simeon ben Shetaḥ would say: You should cross-examine the witnesses extensively, and take care with your words, lest they learn how to lie from them [m. Avot 1:9].
Solomon ha-Levi explained: The…
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Solomon le-vet ha-Levi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1553