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Mărculeşti Colony Correspondence (on the New Train Station)
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Like most of the other colonies established in Bessarabia in the previous century, the colony went through a long sleepy period. Most of the farmers lived simple bucolic lives. In the summer, they…

Contributor:

M. Verette

Places:

Marculesti, Russian Empire (Marculesti, Moldova)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Colonialism, Travel, Poverty, Economic life, Profession, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
‘Ets ḥayim (Tree of Life)
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These are the generations of Isaac ben ḥayim ben Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19) ben Joseph among the kohanim who trace their family back to Pinehas, son of Eliezer, son of Aaron the…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Ḥayim ha-Kohen

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

First Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Travel, Exile, Christian-Jewish relations, Poverty, Torah study, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing
Minḥat Yehudah (The Offering of Judah): Commentary on Ma‘arekhet ha-elohut (The Divine Hierarchy)
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When I Judah, the son of my master, the wise and righteous R. Jacob ḥayyat, peace be upon him, was in Spain, I tasted a little honey, and my eyes were enlightened. And I took it upon myself to seek…

Contributor:

Judah Ḥayyat

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1495–1498

Subjects:

Mysticism, Exile, Hunger, Poverty, Oral Torah, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography
Correspondence with Moses Montefiore
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To Sir Moses Montefiore, from Oro, the widow of Hayim Arieh, 1866 [Oh] one who gives light to the earth and to them that dwell thereon, who is…

Contributor:

Oro Arieh

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Israel)

Date:

1866

Subjects:

Poverty, Charity, Orphans, Women, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters