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In the name of the Lord:
My brothers and my friends, the inhabitants of Albanian Belgrade [Berat, Albania]: may all who are worthy merit seeing the salvation of the Lord. Hurry and send me the maḥzor…
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Shabbetai Tzvi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1666
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Behold, at this time, faithful Jews from the lands of Ashkenaz and Bohemia came to Jerusalem from nearby—with letters from both of these lands—as they came to attest and tell of their interest in a…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1525
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After greeting, I accepted the letters, but we do not have the time to copy the expositions, as you wanted. Due to the fact that the late, wise, and pious Judah Ashkenazi, when he came to Jerusalem…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
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ca. 1670–1680
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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…
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Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1666
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[ . . . ] Last week, during the days of Hanukkah, we encountered…
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Israel of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Beginning of the 16th Century
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I received your letter, and since you believed that I sent to you concerning matters of our Messiah of Truth, I shall fulfill the wishes of your heart and your feelings of deficiency, and I shall tell…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
1670
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My brothers, my children, and my friends know this: I understood with great clarity that the True One, whom I alone have known for many generations and for whom I have strived so much, wants me to…
Contributor:
Shabbetai Tzvi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1666