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[ . . . ] And all the more so with our brethren the people of Israel who come from the lands of the dispersion, who do not know and have not seen the way in which every person called by the name of…
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Samuel Aboab
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1650
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In this way God sought to clarify, test, and verify the lesson which I wrote that the Torah is the essence of all entities, in two respects. First, in the previous sermon I wrote that God…
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Isaac Adarbi
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Before 1584
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Already (Lord) with humility,
fearing my perdition,
in a sea of contrition
I seek port in Thy pity.
Against Thy immense goodness
I sinned. My sorrow warns me,
that of the error of Thy offending
my…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1665
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The Law has such a great house—oh, look what suitors she does have!Who can doubt they are illustrious,Since on such a grand house they call?Even the judges of the peoplehave engaged in wooing her,show…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683
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A nighttime song of praise I have
To sing before my Lord,
And in the day His help is at my side.
All my life, my soul has longed
To see the courts
Of God, to read the Torah.
And so I come betimes…
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Isaac Samuel Modeano
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 17th Century
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By Abraham’s virtue and merit,
turn toward us with compassion;
from on high have mercy upon us,
my Lord, and my redemption:
Hear my voice in the morning.
Have mercy on the people you’ve chosen…
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Freyha bat Abraham
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Ottoman Empire (Tunisia)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that manA thousand times be called who acknowledgesOne God alone, a single entity.Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he beWho in God’s holy Law meditatesBoth…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1624
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Terah and AbrahamTerah:Who is he and where is he [see Esther 7:6], who against the Ba‘al idolSent forth his hand like an adversary, with impudence?Who is this evil one…
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1642
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The King enters in a drowsy state, neither entirely asleep nor entirely awake.King:What is this dream, which I have dreamt?Who, indeed, is the…
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Joseph Penso de la Vega
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1668
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O Lord of everything, who seeks the nation that seeks you,
Do not separate yourself from us, and we will not separate from you—O Lord of everything!
For you, O…
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Eleazar Azikri
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1584–1588