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Here, dear reader, is a prayer for you that I composed to be recited on the first night—before your permitted intercourse, by virtue of the marriage canopy, wedding ceremony, and marriage contract…

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Pinḥas Barukh Monselice

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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

Second Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Sex, Sexuality, Love, Ethics

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Science & philosophy, Ethics

Your eyebrow, dear, is like a charm

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Your eyebrow, dear, is like a charm that draws to you life’s greatest joys. Rounded like a bow, that brow, or like a moon in half eclipse. Your eye, beside it, is a pool, all sparkle, like a…

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Joseph Tsarfati

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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

Early 16th Century

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Love, Women, Body image, Aging, Sexuality, Poetry

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Poetry, Popular Poetry

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