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Samuel ben Moses
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Dessau, Holy Roman Empire
(Dessau, Germany)
Date:
1714
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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch
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Gross Meseritsch, Holy Roman Empire
(Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic)
Date:
1728
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1546
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Illustrious sir, having frequently thought about and recalled many treatises which in the presence of Your Worship were practiced during the time when I enjoyed your divine…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1564
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A letter from his honor R. Samuel Corcos, son of his honor R. Abraham, of blessed memory, a teacher in the holy community of Senigallia, which he sent to the…
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Samuel Corcos, Abraham Graziano
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Senigallia, Papal States
(Senigallia, Italy)
Date:
1645
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…
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Yom Tov Tzahalon
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
17th Century
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After we have proved that it is more suitable for man to be careful with the rational commandments than with all other types of commandments, we must say that this exalted commandment, i.e…
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Elijah Capsali
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Early 16th Century
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502. Since our eyes have seen the great neglect of Torah among schoolchildren, caused by [not] printing of folios of the Gemara [with Rashi’s commentary], because the…
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Moses Belmonte, The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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1655, 1667, 1679
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I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680