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A lovely fawn inspiring awe and love
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A lovely fawn inspiring awe and love,    Her eyes shoot darts that penetrate men’s      hearts. Her lips are like a scarlet thread, a rose    Dotted with dabs of myrrh. Her face is      bright as…

Contributor:

Solomon Mazal Tov

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Love, Body image, Animals, Exile, Israel/Israelis

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
Sheloshah perushim (Three Commentaries) on the Song of Songs: Story of His Exile
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R. Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah ‘Akrish, may he rest in peace, from exile in Spain and Naples, said that he would not receive the proud waters [of baptism; see Psalms 124:5], and was driven out…

Contributor:

Isaac ‘Akrish

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1575–1578

Subjects:

Exile, Prophets, Travel, Scribes, Scholarship

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing
‘Ets ḥayim (Tree of Life)
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These are the generations of Isaac ben ḥayim ben Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19) ben Joseph among the kohanim who trace their family back to Pinehas, son of Eliezer, son of Aaron the…

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Isaac ben Ḥayim ha-Kohen

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

First Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Travel, Exile, Christian-Jewish relations, Poverty, Torah study

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing