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Letter to Judah Leib Gordon
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Kovno, Thursday, 20 Heshvan 5629 [5 November 1868] His Honor, the Great Sage and Sweet Singer of Israel, Judah Leib Gordon, greetings! My dear esteemed gentleman! While I was still in Suwalki…

Contributor:

Miriam Markel-Mosessohn

Places:

Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Writing, Language & linguistics, Translation, Women, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter
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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…

Contributor:

Asenath Barazani

Places:

Mosul, Ottoman Empire (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Women, Polemics, Economic life, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Correspondence with Moses Montefiore
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To Sir Moses Montefiore, from Oro, the widow of Hayim Arieh, 1866 [Oh] one who gives light to the earth and to them that dwell thereon, who is…

Contributor:

Oro Arieh

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Israel)

Date:

1866

Subjects:

Poverty, Charity, Orphans, Women, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters