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Face to face, the Lord spoke with your whole community, who fear his name.
Indeed, you saw his greatness at Sinai; indeed, you heard the voice of his speech.
He revealed to me the secret of the law…
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Faradji Chouat
Places:
Beja, Ottoman Empire
(Beja, Tunisia)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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This is the frontispiece of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the Hebrew text of…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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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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Moses who was God’s unique messenger,
Who revealed the Path of God to humankind,
In God’s Presence at Mount Sinai
He received knowledge and insight,
The Torah, the Truth, and the Path
He accepted…
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‘Imrānī
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Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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And it happened that one day, the sons of Jacob went to graze their sheep in Shechem, for they still grazed in Shechem in those days. And when the sons of Jacob were grazing their flock in Shechem…
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Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Turkey)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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Says Moses, son of my master, our teacher R. Jacob Albelda:
My soul, my spirit, and my breath render most copious thanks, tenfold, unto the Lord of all things, may He be blessed and magnified, for all…
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Moses Albelda
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Before 1583
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The portion of Va-yikra’, on the holy Sabbath, 7th Adar II, 5331 [1571]. I delivered this sermon before a large audience, in honor of the King, king of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He.
[When any…
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Solomon le-vet ha-Levi
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1568–1574
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In Midrash ḥazit [Midrash Rabbah Song of Songs] it is stated:
And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; ye…
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Isaac Vega
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Nikopolis, Ottoman Empire
(Nikopol, Bulgaria)
Date:
1621
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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
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
17th Century