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Dream Report
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Now, lo, I saw a dream and since then I am very feverish. May Iahmoliah attend to my welfare. Now, if you wish, do not sell them. Let the children eat them. Lo, there do not remain any cucumbers. Tran…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dreams, Food and drink, Parenthood, Economic life, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
A Union Soldier’s Passover
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Passover preparations for a Civil War–era Union soldier included importing seven barrels of matzot and collecting weeds to substitute for the symbolic bitterness of horseradish.

Contributor:

J. A. Joel

Places:

Cleveland, United States of America

Date:

1866

Subjects:

War, Military, Passover, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Union soldiers from the American Civil War in uniform, front row seated and back row standing.
Purim Letters
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Mordecai recorded these events. And he sent dispatches to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far, charging them to observe the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Writing, Holidays, Diaspora, Food and drink, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Her Son
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Dear HeartSey I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…

Contributor:

Abigaill Levy Franks

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Education, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Portrait painting of woman in dress sitting with her hands in lap.
Responsa binyan tsiyon (Responsa: Building Zion)
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The Holy Community of Altona, Friday, 29 Marheshvan 5621[14 November 1860] To my dear friend, father of my son-in-law, the distinguished rabbi, our Teacher, R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman, may his…

Contributor:

Jacob Ettlinger

Places:

Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Halakhah, Karaites, Ritual & observance, Apostasy, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Dispatch of Food
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[Greetings, PN,] from [PN]. [No]w, I [sen]t to you, saying: “Do not dispatch to me bread without it being sealed.” Lo, all the jars are impure. Behold, the bread which [you] dispatch[ed] to me…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Food and drink, Purity, Kashrut, Diaspora, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters