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Colophon: Tikune ha-Zohar (Mantua Edition)
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The peaceable and faithful in Israel (2 Samuel 20:19), the heads of the exile of Ariel, the same are the mighty men of old, the men of renown (Genesis 6:4), wise men of understanding [see Deuteronomy…

Contributor:

Jacob ben Naphtali ha-Kohen

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1558

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism, Midrash

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Firsthand accounts, Speeches
A Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue of Smyrna on the Arrival of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore in that City after His Successful Mission on Behalf of His Persecuted Brethren in Damascus
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Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. —Genesis 28:15. From the Midrash Shoḥer tov. “For the leader. Of the servant of the Lord, of David…

Contributor:

Pinḥas de Segura

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1840

Subjects:

Midrash, Theology, Diaspora, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches