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King Solomon, peace be upon him, says in…
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Rebecca Tiktiner
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Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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The Hakham Rabbi Abraham Monson, may God protect him, was a resident of Tétouan, where he was born and raised among his siblings and relatives. When he reached the appropriate age he married a woman…
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Judah ‘Ayyash
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Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
1737
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But take heed, blind Pharisees, what you say! For though your hearts be full of malice and cunning yet, being without light, your tongues betray you. Suppose I was a Christian, what then would you say…
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Uriel da Costa
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1640
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I will print this book in ink as a remembrance and a sign, a memorial for my dear children. For now I will reveal their strength with words, as a reminder for them and their children…
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Judah Peretz
Date:
1712
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
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Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire (Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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Turn from evil and do good. Beloved Son. The great esteem in which I hold you and my intense desire for your welfare have prompted me to draw up this list of virtues as an antidote against the…
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Isaac de Matatia Aboab
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1685
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Whereas it is true and certain that the Lady Simcha—may she be blessed above women in the tent—daughter of the honorable and exalted R. Hefetz Conforte—may his soul repose in Paradise—summoned us, the…
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Simcha Conforte
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Skopje, Ottoman Empire (Skopje, North Macedonia)
Date:
1730
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Behold, an agency was sent to me from the two groups of the yeshiva heads coming to judgment, in whose hand was a written deed, signed by fit and proper witnesses, that the widow, the aforesaid lady…
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Rebecca ha-Levi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1730
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1628
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ca. 1611