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Letter to Yemenite Chief Rabbi Shalom Iraqi
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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

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1742

Subjects:

Government, Economic life, Cities, Israel-Diaspora relations, Charity, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Rabbis of Schwerin to Moses Mendelssohn
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Schwerin, 18 May 1772 15 Iyar 5532 to the Jewish counting To the man possessed of abundant dominion, wisdom, and understanding, renowned for his knowledge, whose name is spoken of in the far-flung…

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Rabbis of Schwerin

Places:

Schwerin, Kingdom of Prussia (Schwerin, Germany)
Berlin, Germany

Date:

1772

Subjects:

Government, Halakhah, Medicine, Burial, Death, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Letters, Political Culture, Firsthand accounts
A Secret Letter to London
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The evening of 5 Heshvan, 5642 [October 28, 1881] Tomorrow with the second post, a pamphlet will be sent to you with a responsum entitled Isaac’s Stream (Naḥal Yitsḥak), regarding a miserable agunah…

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Isaac Elḥanan Spektor

Places:

Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Date:

1881

Subjects:

Marriage, Antisemitism, Government, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters