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God, blessed be He, knew very well that the people of Israel would be scattered among the nations and that most of them would not be able to understand the holy tongue [Hebrew]. Therefore our sages…
Contributor:
Ḥayim Druker
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1711
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book,
from beginning to end, I set with my own hands.
Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer
and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…
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Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
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Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg (Halle, Germany)
Date:
1710
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Lisbon, July 26. Here three rich Portuguese were detained on suspicion of secretly having practiced their faith. And their lives would have been spared if, God forbid, they would have…
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Moses Bar Abraham
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1686–1687
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I set the Yiddish letters with my own hands.
Elle, daughter of the respected rabbi Moses from Holland.
I am not more than nine years old.
Among six children I am the only daughter.
Therefore, if you…
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Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
Places:
Dessau, Holy Roman Empire (Dessau, Germany)
Date:
1696