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The Master of the Universe gave us the holy and blessed law so that we would enjoy l’olam haba [the world to come], so that we would know and see the light of eternal life. Study and a good…
Contributor:
Abraham Asá
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1739
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The introduction to the first volume of this work, which you already have, explains that one must know what mitzvot God commanded us to perform, and what he obliged us to avoid, to find…
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Me’am Lo’ez
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1764
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On the ban pronounced at a gathering of some members of the community in the city of Constantinople, together with some town representatives, in the synagogue of the community of Constantinople. It…
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Elijah Mizraḥi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1500