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These are the “prayers” that Brites Henriques recited and the notary transcribed.
Every Morning [Prayers]
Praised be the Lord
Who is so enlightened,
May you, My Lord, be served
By making me…
Contributor:
Brites Henriques
Places:
Lisbon, Portuguese Empire (Lisbon, Portugal)
Date:
1674
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…
Contributor:
Se‘adya ha-Levi
Places:
Qasimid State (Yemen)
Date:
1667
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There was once a little city with few Jewish inhabitants, roughly twenty households, the name [of the city] being Ragusa; and it was self-governing. Now it transpired that in the year 5383 [1622], on…
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Aaron ben David ha-Kohen
Places:
Ragusa, Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Date:
ca. 1625