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In the name of the blessed God.
By virtue of the Regulation made and published on the 18th of Sivan, Yr: 5471 [1711], holding those [boys] of the age of 16 years subject to the orders of the…
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)
Date:
1717
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On the 21st of Kislev, that is day 21 of Mesore, year 6 of Artaxerxes the king, Mahseiah son of Jedaniah, a Jew, hereditary-property-holder in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of Haumadata…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
459 BCE
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This is concerning a house that is in Judahtown, below the . . . on the street, that is adjacent to the house of Si-, . . . and adjacent to the house of Matan-Yama (Mattaniah), which Shalammu, son of…
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Al-Yahudu, Babylonia (Āthār an Namrūd, Iraq)
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522–486 BCE
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On the 18th of Kislev, that is the 17th day of Thoth, year 21 (of Xerxes the king), the beginning of the reign when Artaxerxes the king sat on his throne, Dargamana son of Khvarshaina, a Khwarezmian…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
464 BCE
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Stronger than the lions’ den [see Song of Songs 4:8; 2 Samuel 1:23], raise a banner over Mount Zion [see Isaiah 13:2], they are the mighty ones [see…
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Isaac de Lattes
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1556
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Prosecutor’s evidence: In Herrera on the twenty-first of May in the year 1500, before the lord inquisitors in the general inquisition.
Witness: Inés, daughter of Juan Esteban, residing in the town of…
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Inés of Herrera
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire (Herrera del Duque, Spain)
Date:
1501
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No Jew shall be allowed to cause to be printed in this city or outside it in these realms Hebrew or Ladino books or [books] in any other language without express permission of the Mahamad [board of…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London
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London, England (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1693