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Good words of the society of orphan girls of Izmir. In the Name of the Holy One, regulations and new ordinances established for the good governance and with worthy dissemination, with which we must…
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The Dotar (Provision of Dowries for Poor Brides) Confraternity of Izmir
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1644
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who created His world for the purpose of mankind, and, from all the different sorts of men, chose for Himself a nation as a special treasure—namely…
Contributor:
Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1542
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There was a certain man in our country who had become totally impoverished, and who had betrothed his elder daughter to her appropriate mate. During the period of her betrothal—the date fixed for…
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Moses Isserles
Places:
Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
Mid–16th Century