Showing Results 1 - 7 of 7
Progress: The Meaning of Passover
Public Access
Text
Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…

Contributor:

Daniel Neufeld

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1863

Subjects:

Scholarship, Holidays, Passover, Ashkenazi, Life cycle

Categories:

Historical writing
Chronicle on the Death of Sultan Osman II and the Reigns of Mustafa and Murad
Public Access
Text
Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1622–1624

Subjects:

Monarchy, Antisemitism, Blood libel, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Megilat Mitsrayim (The Scroll of Egypt)
Public Access
Text
Sensitive Content
After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1524

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Violence
Description of the Celebratory Procession of Prague Jewry
Public Access
Text
…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Monarchy, Community, Holidays, Christian-Jewish relations, Class

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Almanac for the Year 5675
Public Access
Text
Image
The Molad is Wednesday evening, 10 minutes and 9 halakim on 6 [6:10.9 pm] Iyar 5675—April 1915—Taurus—(29 days) [Hebrew Date] [Day of the week] [Christian Date] [Islamic Date] 1st Thursday Se…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ya‘akov Podhorzer

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Palestine (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Calendar, Holidays, Jewish identity, Prayer & liturgy, Torah study

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Lists & catalogues
Facing pages with Yiddish text in columns and some French and English text in margins.
God’s Attributes
Public Access
Text
The Lord came down in a cloud; He stood with him there, and proclaimed the name Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed: “The Lord! the Lord!a God compassionate and gracious, slow to…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Holidays, Calendar, Sacrifice, Temple, Rosh Ḥodesh

Categories:

Lists & catalogues
Purim Scroll
Public Access
Text
May this be written for a coming generation, that people yet to be created will praise Jah. For the signs and wonders that the most high God has performed for us, I am pleased to relate: Know that in…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

1538

Subjects:

Holidays, Tishah be-Av, Fasting, Jewish quarters, Miracles

Categories:

Historical writing