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Nishmat ḥayim (Breath of Life)
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We are therefore obliged to examine the words of the living God, which are expressed through the wonderful wise men who have received the truth [i.e., kabbalists], the foundation of the Torah. The…

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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1636

Subjects:

Polemics, Eschatology, Sin, Excommunication, Christian-Jewish relations

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Law, Responsa
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Note of Royalty Who Visited the Sephardic Synagogue of Amsterdam between 1642 and 1781
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…

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David Franco Mendes

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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1792

Subjects:

Politics, Government, Sephardic, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue

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Political Culture, Memoirs & Diaries, Lists & Catalogues, Reference Works, Firsthand Accounts
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