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Proofreader’s Preface: Seder tefilot ke-minhag kahal kadosh Sefarad (The Order of the Prayers of the Holy Congregation of Spain)
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Menasseh ben Joseph ben Israel, seeing the Bomberg types worn out, and since nothing can be imperfect for the Holy Work, arose from within the community and went out, and came to the house of an…

Contributor:

Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1627

Subjects:

Print, Artists, Language & linguistics, Ritual objects, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Letter of the Persian Governor to King Darius and the King’s Reply
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This is the text of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, and Shethar-boze-nai and his colleagues, the officials of Beyond the River, sent to King Darius…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Writing, Monarchy, Ritual objects, Finance, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Algemeyne yidishe tsaytung Classified Ad for a Missing Suitcase
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My travel bag was lost somewhere between Szerencs and Nyíregyháza. It contained: a tallis, two pairs of tefillin, together with a Yeshuas Yisroel prayer book. There were also two High…

Contributor:

Lipót Burkos

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1915

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Dress, Hasidism, Jewish identity, Advertisements

Categories:

Advertisements, Firsthand accounts