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In a dream, in a night vision, while [I was] asleep upon [my] bed during my imprisonment, a voice called in my ears. The voice was the voice of Jacob, like the voice of my father, may his memory be…
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Abraham Yagel
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1578
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Look from the top of Amana (Song of Songs 4:8) and [see the type of] negotiation carried out faithfully [emunah]:
1. Be diligent in your transactions, to ensure that they are…
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Abraham ha-Levi Horowitz
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Lvov, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
Beginning of the 17th Century
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It is known that our teacher and rabbi, the gaon, exemplar of his generation, the rabbi and teacher Judah bar Bezalel, who is known as R. Loew of Prague, of blessed memory, in several places in his…
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Jacob Horowitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1622
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We, the undersigned, came in to visit the honorable lady Rosa Romanina, widow of R. Moses Guastalla of blessed memory, a resident of Rivarolo, and found her sick, lying on her bed, but her words and…
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Rosa Romanina
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Verona, Venice (Verona, Italy)
Date:
1642
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The deed of will which is thus worded. In the community of Israel we have faithfully declared that we the undersigned are witnesses that it is a true and firm fact that the deceased lady, Sra. Rachel…
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Rachel Molina
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Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Date:
1672
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Knowing that with respect to money, if my husband will not agree, my last will and testament will not be valid, I request, for the sake of the One above, may His name be blessed forever and ever, he…
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Rebecca Halfon
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Mannheim, Holy Roman Empire (Mannheim, Germany)
Date:
1713
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In the Name of God Amen I Simja de Tores latte of Jamaica Widow being indisposed, and weak in body but of sound mind and memorey and knowin the Certenty of death and the Uncertanity of Its Approch doe…
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Simja de Torres
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1746
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To Elyashib: And now, give to the Kittim 1 bath and 3 hin of wine and write the date. And from the surplus of the best flour you shall load 1 kor (?) to make bread for them. From the wine of the…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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This is the record of Adam’s line.—When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; male and female He created them. And when they were created, He blessed them and called them Man.—When…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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[ . . . ] Each man should raise his children to Torah and good deeds. Each man should always ensure that his children learn Torah while they are still young and he should have them learn…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
Date:
1620