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The end of the day approaches.
The Book of Life and Death
is about to be closed,
and the hand of God will inscribe
the destiny of man.
It hesitates, trembles, stops.
A voice, sweet and frail,
an…
Contributor:
Jacques Taraboulos
Date:
1945
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For our great sins, a few days later we received the news of the terrible fire, which God caused to happen on the night of Rosh…
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Judah Alkalai
Places:
Semlin, Austrian Empire (Zemun, Serbia)
Date:
1840
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I wish to praise God
who is great in praises,
who created for man
all kinds of flowers,
and they all are singular
in their colors and scents
and of all the best ones
was the musk flower.
Above all…
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Unknown
Places:
Venice, Venice
Date:
1702
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Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchantAneta: Abraham Levi’s wifeMax, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sonsFrida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughtersShmuel Natan: Zionis…
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Mordechai Monassowitz, Nissim Catalan
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Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria, Bulgaria)
Date:
1902
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
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Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
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Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1890
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The man should not purchase meat until he has taken counsel with his wife to see which type of meat she wants him to take, so that the wife cannot later say that it is dark meat…
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Eliezer Shem-Tov Papo
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Silistra, Ottoman Empire (Silistra, Bulgaria)
Date:
1872–1874
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Near sunset one shall light a Shabbat candle and before saying the blessing it is necessary to say “I am not receiving Shabbat” even if one already lit it, until it is Shabbat.
And then…
Contributor:
Meir Benveniste
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1565