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Sample Sources

The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
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Jehoiachin in Exile

½ (panu) to Jehoiachin, king of Ju[dah] 2 ½ qu to the five sons of the king of Judah 4 qu to 8 Judeans, ½ [qu each] 1 ½ qu to three carpenters from Arvad, ½ qu each ½ panu 1 ½ qu to eight carpenters…

The Red Heifer

It happened on a Saturday night at the end of summer. Reuven and his household were sitting at twilight and enjoying their heifer. His youngest were patting her, the older were praising her. The…

The Man from Buenos Aires

Riding a train doesn’t have to be dull if you manage to fall in with good company. You can meet up with merchants, men who know business, and then the time flies, or with people who have been around…

Luna

A month later, when a young man, about eighteen years old, Mulla Ovadia’s nephew, came to his father’s property and saw all that his uncle had done in it, he was told that his uncle had a wife in…