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Letter from Acre to His Father: First Part
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After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…

Contributor:

Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti

Places:

Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Travel, Monarchy, Cities, Economic life, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Letters
Letter to Abraham of Perugia
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[ . . . ] Last week, during the days of Hanukkah, we encountered…

Contributor:

Israel of Jerusalem

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Beginning of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Messianism, Eschatology, Prophets & prophecy, Christian-Jewish relations, Israel-Diaspora relations

Categories:

Mystical Texts, Letters
The Current Expenses of Jerusalem
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The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Firsthand accounts
Letter about Martin Luther
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Behold, at this time, faithful Jews from the lands of Ashkenaz and Bohemia came to Jerusalem from nearby—with letters from both of these lands—as they came to attest and tell of their interest in a…

Contributor:

Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1525

Subjects:

Messianism, Christian-Jewish relations, Prophets & prophecy, Eschatology

Categories:

Mystical Texts, Letters