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Now, lo, I saw a dream and since then I am very feverish. May Iahmoliah attend to my welfare.
Now, if you wish, do not sell them. Let the children eat them. Lo, there do not remain any cucumbers.
Tran…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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Early 5th Century BCE
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So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived in the same town with Naboth. In the letters she wrote as follows:…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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Greetings, Islah.
Now, I shall dispatch legumes tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on Sabbath. Lest, if they get lost, by the life of YHH, I swear that I will take your life. Do not rely on Meshullemeth…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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ca. 475 BCE
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To the city of Yemen, Sheikh Shalom, on the 4th of Shevat [9th January 1742] from the Constantinople officials, may the Lord protect them.
The son of a valiant man, who had done mighty deeds, of…
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Constantinople Officials
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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1742
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Dear Parents:
I hope my letter will ease your mind. You can now be reassured and send me one of the family to Charleston, South Carolina. This is the place to which, with God’s help, we will go after…
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Rebecca Samuel
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Petersburg, United States of America
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ca. 1792
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After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…
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Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
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Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)
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1741
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Tiberias, March 7, 1909To the Very Honorable Miss Szold,I am certain that you will be surprised that after a year and a half of silence I am suddenly taking up our correspondence with this long letter…
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Manya Wilbushewitz Shoḥat
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Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine (Tabarīya, Israel)
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1909
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New York, October 17, [18]59
People are rather preoccupied with the internal politics of the country. The abortive attempt of [the abolitionist John] Brown and his accomplices, and their execution…
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Salomon de Rothschild
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New York City, United States of America
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1859–1861
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And so let it be known to your Excellency what happened to the letter that your Excellency sent me with the etrogs [citrons]. The letter was not handed to me until the [week of the] Sabbath of Vayetze…
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Asenath Barazani
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Mosul, Ottoman Empire (Mosul, Iraq)
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Early 17th Century
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From B. d. S.
[Dear Friend],
As far as Politics is concerned, the difference you ask about, between Hobbes and me, is this: I always preserve natural Right…
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1674