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Now comes the turn, with awe and reverence, awe and reverence without end, of my father, the pious, God-fearing, learned one, may his strength be for the Torah [see Esther 2:15], the supernal light…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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17th Century
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Dear HeartSey
I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…
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Abigaill Levy Franks
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)
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1743
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Question: A rabbi died, leaving all his assets in the rabbinic court’s control until his heir came to take possession, and his closest heir, who ought rightfully to inherit, is in Portugal, living as…
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Samuel de Medina
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Mid–16th Century
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Question: I will inform you regarding my opinion on the fruit called al bun, and about kahve [coffee], which is the broth brewed from the husks of that fruit, and which is drunk by non-Jews, whether…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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Mid–16th Century
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Eliah Forli
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1614, 1623
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Behold, I am aged and gray-headed—I know not the day of my death [see Genesis 27:2]! And when am I going to provide for my own house (Genesis 30:30), which I built, and for my children…
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Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1631–1640
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Amulets for the evil eye; tested. Write on either a kosher or deerskin parchment, on a day of [reading from] the Torah, before eating anything. And calculate in that hour which day it is and which…
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16th or 17th Century
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Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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16th and 17th Centuries
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Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)
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Early 18th Century
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For man to resemble his Creator according to the secret of the Supernal Crown he must possess, too, many of the chief qualities of the divine providence.
- The quality of humility includes all qualities…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Mid–16th Century