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I admit my guilt in that Christmas past, my said husband Juan Estevan told me how his daughter Inés had ascended to the sky and saw there the deceased and the living; and how the conversos were very…
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Beatriz Ramírez of Alcázar
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire
(Herrera del Duque, Spain)
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1500/1501
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Abraham Menaḥem Kohen Porto to the prince and magnate, chieftain and nobleman, our teacher R. Menaḥem Azariah de Fano—may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him—greetings to his glorious excellency!
Beh…
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Abraham Menaḥem Kohen Porto
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Cremona, Spanish Empire
(Cremona, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1574
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I am your God and Lord
Who with infinite power
Freed you from Egypt
Where you lived in suffering
And harsh despair.
Do not revere
Foreign gods before me,
And make no trophies
In the likeness of the…
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Leonor de Carvajal
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1589–1595
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If we sang praises to the Lord
Every day with as much care
As He takes in giving us joy
And in showing His favor in every part of our lives,
Then our suffering would not be relentless
And no great…
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Leonor de Carvajal
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(Hogg’s Kloof, South Africa)
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End of the 16th Century
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1767
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1770
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To You, Lord God, we call out
With cries and with clamoring
For we are most distressed.
See how we lose hope
If no one comes to our rescue.
You protect lost children,
The helpless orphans,
The…
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Wife of Shimon Soave, Leonor de Carvajal
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1589–1596
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I admit my guilt that about a year ago I was in the home of Juan Estevan when his daughter Inés said to me: “Come here, cousin, would you like to see your mother who is long deceased? and to save your…
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Beatriz de Villanueva of Herrera
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire
(Herrera del Duque, Spain)
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1500/1501
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I admit my guilt . . . in that I was told of a maiden who was [there] the daughter of Juan Estevan who had ascended to heaven and was approached there by an angel, and how she had told of the many…
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Isabel Rodríguez of Agudo
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire
(Herrera del Duque, Spain)
Date:
1501
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I, Moses, son of his honor my father and teacher, the leader and guide, Israel, may he live a long and good life, I who am called Moses Isserles of Kraków, was among the exiles [see Ezekiel 1:1] who…
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Moses Isserles
Date:
ca. 1556