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Sermon: On the Secularization and Degradation of Iraqi Jewry
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[ . . . ] But before we come to analyze the dreadful calamity [i.e., the drought] that has befallen us, and before we come to see what is the putrid humor harbored in our midst…

Contributor:

Shimon Aghasi

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Orthodox Judaism, Torah study, Sin, Punishment, Jewish identity, Politics, Speeches

Categories:

Political Culture, Speeches
Colophon: Pentateuch with Rashi and Other Commentaries
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…

Contributor:

Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

1505/6

Subjects:

Bible, Torah study, Education, Punishment, Print, Speeches

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches