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Ani ha-mekhuneh (I Am the Man They Call)
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I am the man they call, at times, mem-bet-aleph, which are the [Hebrew] initials of Michael ben Abraham. At other times I am called aleph-mem-koph: Abraham Michael Cardozo. I am of the Marranos of…

Contributor:

Abraham Michael Cardoso

Places:

Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)

Date:

ca. 1668

Subjects:

Mysticism, Torah study, Talmud, Gentiles, Messianism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Magic & Mysticism
Almanac for the Year 5675
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This calendar, Almanac for the Year 5675: Souvenir der Hochschule Bar Iochai und Altenhaus in Miron, was probably a fundraising giveaway for an old-age home and for the high school that Eliezer Ya…

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Calendar, Holidays, Jewish identity, Prayer, Torah study

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Lists & Catalogues, History
Facing pages with Yiddish text in columns and some French and English text in margins.
Printer’s Note: Perush seder ‘avodat yom ha-kippurim (Commentary on the Order of the Service of Yom Kippur), by Moses Cordovero
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Says the youth, Gedaliah, the Lord has granted me the merit to begin the work of heaven, today Wednesday, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5347 (July 29, 1587). I have fixed it for a fast and remembrance for ever…

Contributor:

Gedaliah Cordovero

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Parenthood, Torah study, Halakhah, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries