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Sefer kise Shelomoh (Solomon’s Throne)
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When our teacher Rabbi Solomon, who was a rabbi here in Aleppo, passed away without any male children, the rabbis [of the city] consulted among themselves, and with the elders of the people and the…

Contributor:

Raphael Laniado

Places:

Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)

Date:

1787

Subjects:

Rabbis, Leadership, Halakhah, Family, Scholarship, (Auto)biography, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Responsa, Law
Imprisonment of Jewish Leaders
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[To my brother PN, your brother Islah. It is well for me here]. May the gods seek after your welfare at all times. And now, . . . PN son of PN went to Syene and did/made . . . . Behold, these are the…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

410–400 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Diaspora, Leadership, Family, Crime, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters