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Responsum: On a Reluctant Bridegroom
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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…

Contributor:

Moses Isserles

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Women, Dowries, Family

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Religion & Theology
Documentos para todo estado e ydade, e em particular para abituar bem os moços desde sua moçidade â vertude (Documents for Every State and Age, and in Particular to Accustom Young Men from Their Youth to Virtue)
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 Turn from evil and do good. Beloved Son. The great esteem in which I hold you and my intense desire for your welfare have prompted me to draw up this list of virtues as an antidote against the…

Contributor:

Isaac de Matatia Aboab

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1685

Subjects:

Family, Children, Life cycle, Charity, Oral Torah

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & Philosophy, Ethics