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Enactments of our saintly, most illustrious teacher, R. Meshullam Feibush, head of the talmudic academy and the ecclesiastical court of the holy community of Kraków, to prevent people from violating…
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Meshullam Feibush
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1590
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And so let it be known to your Excellency what happened to the letter that your Excellency sent me with the etrogs [citrons]. The letter was not handed to me until the [week of the] Sabbath of Vayetze…
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Asenath Barazani
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Mosul, Ottoman Empire (Mosul, Iraq)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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I think I have fully grasped usque ad ultimas differentias the meaning of the Company, its shares, its principles, its reputation, its splendor, its initiation, its progress, its…
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Joseph Penso de la Vega
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1688
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A Meeting at the StationI stood outside the grocery, holding a shopping bag in one hand, and Phat’hi’s strange “letter” in the other. I looked at the drawings of the car, the clock, and the sign over…
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Emuna Elon, Michael Netzer
Places:
Bet El, West Bank
Date:
1988
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Abraham Farissol, son of the late Mordechai (may he rest in Eden!) of Avignon, dwelling in Ferrara, declares: In response to the request of some distinguished individuals, I have agreed…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1516
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I, Moses, son of his honor my father and teacher, the leader and guide, Israel, may he live a long and good life, I who am called Moses Isserles of Kraków, was among the exiles [see Ezekiel 1:1] who…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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ca. 1556
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The first lesson addresses the question which every enlightened reader will raise concerning creation: It is told in our Torah that it indeed took place in seven days…
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Eliezer Ashkenazi
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Poznan, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1583
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I maintain that this megilah [scroll] is nothing other than a disputation of the people of the diaspora, those exiled in the bitter and impetuous [see Habakkuk 1:6] captivity of this host [see Obadiah…
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Moses Alsheikh
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1591
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The first “finger” is called Or Torah (The Light of Torah), as it consists of my notes on the Torah. Now, these notes will be useful for all people, but will provide their fullest benefit only to…
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Menaḥem di Lonzano
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1618
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If the Lord shepherds me in the wilderness, I will find that my cup runs over for meWith vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; There my soul will be satisfied and live.A Psalm…
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Before 1719