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Deed of Mediation between Husband and Wife
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With the Almighty’s assistance.It having been the case that the esteemed and exalted R. Joseph Fico, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, has been perpetually quarreling with his esteemed wife, Mrs…

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Unknown

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Egypt)

Date:

1607

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Violence, Women

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents
Megilat Mitsrayim (The Scroll of Egypt)
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After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…

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Unknown

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1524

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Violence

Categories:

History, Religion & Theology, Literature
Imposition of a Judicial Oath
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On the 18th of Phaophi, year four of Artaxerxes the king in Elephantine the fortress, Malchiah son of Jashobiah, an Aramean, hereditary-property-holder in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of…

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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

401 BCE

Subjects:

Justice system, Economic life, Violence, Diaspora, Archaeology

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents
Legumes and Barley
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Greetings, Islah. Now, I shall dispatch legumes tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on Sabbath. Lest, if they get lost, by the life of YHH, I swear that I will take your life. Do not rely on Meshullemeth…

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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sabbath, Food and drink, Economic life, Violence

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters