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The Fake Doctor
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A Play by Molière in One Act of Sixteen Scenes[Carlo, Esterina]Carlo:Is there any news, Esterina? Do you have any advice for me?Esterina:Why do you want advice? I have a lot of news for you…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1873

Subjects:

Love, Marriage, Sephardic, Family, Medicine, Performing arts

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama
Ohale Ya‘akov (The Tents of Jacob): On a Betrothal
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…

Contributor:

Jacob Castro

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Marriage, Justice system, Betrothal, Family, Writing, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa
Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.
A Salonikan Jewish Man Recalls the Day of His Wedding
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When my engagement was decided, my sister and brother-in-law announced, “You are engaged” without my even meeting the father of the bride. As the date of my wedding approached, I still didn’t have the…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Marriage, Humor, Love, Family

Categories:

Humor & Satire