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A few days after receiving your precious letter of 5 November 1854, I began collating [the pages of my book], which took me until New Year’s eve to finish. But what a chasm in between! I began the…
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Daniel Khvolson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
ca. 1855
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Certainly, dearest parents, I know what is commonly the result of the influence of education and of misunderstood religion, but is it possible that you could hate your son because he harbors other…
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Michael Joseph Edler von Arnstein
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1783
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Community. From the point of view of religious practices, the Jewish community of Hamadan is one of the least homogeneous of Persia. It is not unusual to find in the same family a mother who is a…
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Albert Confino
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Qajar, Iran (Qajar Āb-e Bālā, Iran)
Date:
1908
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My brothers, my children, and my friends know this: I understood with great clarity that the True One, whom I alone have known for many generations and for whom I have strived so much, wants me to…
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Shabbetai Tzvi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
1666