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Letter to Rome
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Behold, from the time of our settlement in the city that the Lord has chosen, which He had desired for His habitation (Psalms 132:13), we heard your voice and obeyed, for you stand in the breach…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1521

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Scholarship, Rabbis, Israel-Diaspora relations, War

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Letters
Letter on Touring the Land of Israel
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I went to the grave of the Tanna Ila, a man from the village of Yavneh who is mentioned in the tractates Berakhot and Avot, and afterwards we went to the grave of the pious Tanna R. Judah bar Ila‘i…

Contributor:

Isaiah Horowitz

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1621

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Travel, Talmud, Rabbis

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Letters