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Letter to the Editor: On Zionism and the Mizrachi
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Piety, Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Mizrahi

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Conservative Judaism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling
Letter Hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah
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This letter hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah was signed by twenty-four prominent members of the Amsterdam Jewish community who had founded a learned society, Yeshuot Meshiho, in his honor. It was…

Contributor:

Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Writing, Messianism, Sabbatianism, Community, Piety

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing and Latin signatures underneath, with seal and ribbon on right side.