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On the night of Simhat Torah 5575 [1814], the Seer closeted himself in his room on the second story of his home. The one window overlooking the wide Jewish street was open; it was very near to the…
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Alexander Zederbaum
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1867
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Now since the episode of the earthquake has already been mentioned, in order that all those who come after us should be aware of it, I shall place on record what occurred in relation to the earthquake…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1688
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The Oppressor Chmiel, may his name be blotted out, heard that many Jews had gathered in the holy community of Nemirow, and that they had a great deal of…
Contributor:
Nathan Hannover
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
1653
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This morning I was in the children’s nursery. Women who work leave their children from 7 to 6. There are 150 children between the ages of three months and two years, [one…
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Zelig Kalmanovitch
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Vilna, USSR (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1942
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So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…
Contributor:
Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
Places:
Kremzir, Holy Roman Empire (Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
Date:
1648