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My beloved is clear-skinned and ruddy,
Preeminent among ten thousand.
His head is finest gold,
His locks are curled
And black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
By watercourses,
Bathed in milk…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
Date:
Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE
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For becoming invisible: write the following on a deerskin parchment, wrap it in three layers of leathers, and wear it: Glospats Tsamarkhad, Kilkel, YHWH. Take a rooster in the month of March and put…
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Unknown
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17th Century
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Today I returned from my trip to Tunis, and I will start to record what I witnessed, heard, and felt. On Thursday, 15 Iyyar (May 20, 1943), I left Tripoli. [ . . . ]
On that day…
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Ephraim E. Urbach
Places:
Tripoli, Libya
Date:
1943
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1. A head of household, student, or youth—be he local or a foreigner, whether he eats for free, or pays for his food—may not wear a camisol [vest] of gold cloth or brocade with…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, The Jewish Community of Fürth
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1728–1754
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In that day, my Lord will strip off the finery of the anklets, the fillets, and the crescents; of the eardrops, the bracelets, and the veils; the turbans, the armlets, and the sashes; of the…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
Date:
Biblical Period