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Be’er sheva (Well of the Oath)
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One must know that man possesses a greater virtue than the beast, because a beast also has in it the breath of life and likewise has the intelligence to eat and drink, and the desire to lie with the…

Contributor:

Beer Perlhefter, Bella Perlhefter

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

End of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Wisdom, Ethics, Purity, Angels, demons & deities

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Science & Philosophy, Ethics
Sefer ha-tsava’ah (Book of the Testament): Ethical Will
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Now I will give instructions concerning how to look after me from the beginning of my final illness—when the day of judgment comes, during all the period of my illness, and the time of my death, when…

Contributor:

Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1718

Subjects:

Death, Mourning, Burial society, Burial, Purity

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & Philosophy, Ethics