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May He Who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless this entire holy congregation together with all the holy congregations; they and their wives, their…
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Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1724
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To our lord Bagavahya governor of Judah, your servants Jedaniah and his colleagues the priests who are in Elephantine the fortress.
May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of our lord abundantly…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
407 BCE
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It should be known that after her immersion, every woman should persuade her husband and see to it that he study before he lies with her. And so we find it written regarding Boaz, “And Boaz ate…
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Benjamin Slonik
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1577
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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…
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Jacob Castro
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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End of the 16th Century
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At a sitting of three judges we the undersigned sat as a court on the fourth day of the month of Adar 2 in the year 5376 [1616] here in Vercelli after permission was given to us from his excellency…
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Joseph Ravena
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Vercelli, Duchy of Savoy (Vercelli, Italy)
Date:
1617
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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…
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Moses Ibn Ḥabib
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Ottoman Empire (Egypt)
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Middle of the 17th Century
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From B. d. S.
Sir,
Yesterday I received your letter, which was very welcome to me, as much because I wanted to hear some news from you as because I see that…
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1674
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Now the daughter of the King of the Kittim, on hearing this, became highly enraged, and she said, “Is there any room to defend the cause of these people who were lacking in wisdom and set down a…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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First Half of the 18th Century
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In correctly understanding the truest theory, there were many opinions; but I will bring two…
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Tuviah ha-Kohen
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Adrianople, Ottoman Empire (Edirne, Turkey)
Date:
1707