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And now we see that the number of servants breaking away from their Master, our Heavenly Father, increases daily, in that whenever they have a quarrel with their Jewish brothers or sisters they have…
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Azriel Diena
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Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua (Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1536
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Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth [see Micah 6:2] the lament of my beloved for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill…
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Joseph Karo
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…
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The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1606
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The incident was as follows: A woman came before me from a backwater Jewish town weeping bitterly over the sins of her youth, as she had been unfaithful to her first husband before she married her…
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Unknown
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Holy Roman Empire (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Date:
1689
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Regarding that which is written: a man’s gift [makes room for him] (Proverbs 18:16), this means that the gift itself, which one personally gives to the poor, will make room for him. When you provide…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1700
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To the city of London, to the complete sage R. Solomon Ayalon, in the year 1697.
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Jacob Sasportas
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1697