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The Current Expenses of Jerusalem
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The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Christian-Jewish relations

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History, Firsthand Accounts
The Current Situation in Jerusalem
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At present there are approximately three hundred homeowners, and almost twelve hundred people, in Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and reestablished. This about the situation you will find at any point in…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Arab-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Firsthand Accounts
Letter to King Artaxerxes and the King’s Reply
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And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and their colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia, a letter written in Aramaic and translated. Aramaic: Rehum the commissioner and…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Leadership, Samaritans, Monarchy, Jerusalem

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Messages between the Opponents of the Jews and Nehemiah
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When word reached Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a breach remained in it—though at that time I had not yet set up doors in the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Prophets, Cities, Jerusalem, Gentiles

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter from Jerusalem
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1628

Subjects:

Cities, Jerusalem, Synagogue, Jewish identity, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters