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Derashot (Sermons)
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And now I will reveal to you why we call the Sabbath before Passover “the Great Sabbath.” Know that the minister of Egypt is Aries [the ram], and Scorpio, which is with Aries, and its angel is Samael…

Contributor:

Solomon Molkho

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy)

Date:

First Quarter of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Sermons, Sabbath, Mysticism, Passover, Messianism, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography
Diary Excerpt: Of a Sephardic Palestinian Soldier in the Ottoman Army
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One of the more bitter days of my life that I will never ever forget is the 17th Adar 5677 [11 March 1917] at dawn when I was already being sought [the authorities had already dogged my footsteps and…

Contributor:

Ḥayim Naḥmias

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Türkiye, Türkiye)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

War, Family, Jewish identity, Passover, Death, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, (Auto)biography