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Now, after God has made known to you all of this by means of the toil of my hands, having gathered and bound them together, may the strength of my hand grow to write to you and to present before you…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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For contracting the path [magically speeding one’s travel—Ed.]: take a kosher parchment and write on it in purity and cleanliness. This requires great intention [kavanah] in the names: “In the name…
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17th Century
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
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ca. 1750
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These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his descendants, who came to Egypt.
Jacob’s first-born Reuben; Reuben’s sons: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Simeon’s sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
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ca. 1750
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In the year five thousand three hundred twenty-four [1564] of the Creation of the World, when we are returned to the houses of our fathers from the four corners of the world. After the expulsion in…
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Ḥevra Kadisha of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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16th Century
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To the princes and the honored ones, rulers of the people, the members of the charitable association in the ghetto of the holy community of Venice, may their Rock and Redeemer protect those who…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1619
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My beloved wife Esther Sheindel, may you live long, since we, on account of our affection, once made a pact, as it were, that if one of us dies, the other should implore God’s mercy for the other to…
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Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz
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Russian Empire (Ukraine)
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ca. 1718
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Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486May her soul be…
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Jamaica, British America and the British West Indies (Jamaica)
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17th and 18th Centuries
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On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the exodus from the land of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, saying:
Take a…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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