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Family Chronicle
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…

Contributor:

Se‘adya ha-Levi

Places:

Qasimid State (Yemen)

Date:

1667

Subjects:

Messianism, Torture, Muslim-Jewish relations, Dress, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Poetry
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:

Sermon, Sabbath, Mysticism, Passover, Messianism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Magic & Mysticism
Every day, I ask
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Every day, I ask all those that pass by the shepherd’s tents, What is all this, why is all this? Has my beloved had a change of heart, and abandoned his flock forever, And rejected them, and…

Contributor:

Judah Alkaletz

Places:

Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Bible, Israel/Israelis, Community, Messianism, Piety

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry