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Letter from Fromet to Moses Mendelssohn
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Berlin, 18 July 1777 Berlin, 13 Tammuz 5537 Dear Moses, may you live, I hope that my letter will find you happy and in good spirits in Königsberg. We are all, thank G-d, well and alive, and when you…

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Fromet Guggenheim

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1777

Subjects:

Family, Leisure, Parenthood, Love, Orphans, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
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Letter to Mendele
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Dedication to My Dearly Beloved Grandfather, Reb Mendalle Mocher SephorimTo my dear grandfather, greetings!Stempenyu, my first long novel, which I inscribe to you, is yours; not only because I have…

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Sholem Aleichem

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1886

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish identity, Love, Music, Yiddish, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letters
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I often said to a younger girl friend: “If you are marrying without love, after all, do not talk to your husband. Please him as much as your nature can tolerate; do not argue with…

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Rahel Levin Varnhagen

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1799–1800

Subjects:

Marriage, Love, Salon, Women, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters
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Letter to His Bride
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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you: Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…

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Salamone Candia

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1590

Subjects:

Love, Women, Travel, Marriage, Betrothal, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters