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Tseror ha-mor (Bundle of Myrrh) and Eshkol ha-kofer (Cluster of Henna)
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When I was in Castile in the city of Zamora, tranquil and secure in my abode, I set my mind to inquire and explore matters of Torah and began to compose a book yielding lovely…

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Abraham Saba

Places:

Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco (Ksar El Kebir, Morocco)

Date:

ca. 1500

Subjects:

Exile, Antisemitism, Conversion, Violence, Torah study, (Auto)biography, Travel

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing
Memoir
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Without warning, on the 20th of April, 1749, at the end of the Passover Festival, Sunday, at about 17 hours [noon], I was kidnapped and taken away by force thanks to a false denunciation made against…

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Anna del Monte

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1749

Subjects:

Conversion, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations, Crime, Women, (Auto)biography

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & diaries
Tsemaḥ David (The Sprout of David)
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Thus spoke David, son of Isaac, son of Eliezer, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Menahem, son of Isaac, son of Obadiah, son of Isaac—known as “the wealthy one”—son of Elijah, known as “the holy…

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David de Pomis

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Violence, Education, Philosophy, Antisemitism, Marriage, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Historical writing