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It is remarkable to observe how prejudice changes its form in every century in order to oppress us and to pose difficulties for our admission to civil society. In former, superstitious times, it was…
The means of making the Jews happy and useful? Here it is: stop making them unhappy and unuseful. Accord them, or rather return to them the right of citizens, which you have denied them, against all…
This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…
Hamburg, July 7. (Personal communication) In Smyrna, a newspaper will now be published in the Jewish-Spanish language commonly spoken there, entitled La Buena Esperansa. We have the prospectus dated…
We gratefully acknowledge the signs of munificence shown to us by His Majesty’s government which has officially licensed our periodical, Sha‘are mizraḥ. We understand that this benevolence of His…
Gentlemen, having received incorrect information in the last column of the previous issue, we reported that the discords in our community had been settled. We also promised to give a detailed account…
From the Editor:
With God’s help, the time has come for our newspaper to appear before the community, and I am sure that at first our esteemed subscribers will not judge us for its errors, because all…
No matter what the body of the Nation, be it in the form of a kingdom or a republic, it comprises various classes of people; as for the nobles, who make the state blossom through commerce, increased…
These are the words of the covenant [see, e.g., Deuteronomy 28:69], the twenty-four enactments that the people of action of the holy society, which is in the holy city of Safed, may it be built and…
Successive, often polemic interpretations, citations in a context of sacred doctrine or of political-historical opportunity, construe, around the archaic, cardinal words in the Hebrew canon, a…