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Interlocutors: Massimiano, Santino, and VeridicoSantino:What, does it seem to you, is a comedy, who was its first author, what is its purpose, is it rendered in verse or in…
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Judah Sommo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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ca. 1565
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Truth descends to the stage in a pillar of fire.Truth:I come to dispel shadows with eternal light.Error:What difficulties do I see?Will:What do I see?Intellect:Is it not Truth whom I adore?Falsehood:I…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1665
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Son of fruitful Joseph, precious Ephraim,
child of joy, lush grove of magnificence,
you will exult and rejoice—for, with a vengeance,
the Just will arise over the House of the Barren
when the time…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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18th Century
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The three problems that I first asked are explained in regard to all of that which I have said. The first: Why is it called the “Holy Land” and the “Holy Temple”? This is according to the fact that it…
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Isaac Karo
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Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
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Beginning of the 16th Century
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Question 30: From Gaza: may our master teach us whether the inhabitants of Gaza are obligated to separate terumot and tithes, as there are a few people who own land. In general, the question is…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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Mid–16th Century
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However, in our many sins, she is Zion, there is none who cares for her (Jeremiah 30:17). Consider the question you asked, speaking like an enemy without knowledge [see Job 34:34]. For it follows the…
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Moses Ḥagiz
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1707
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And praised be the Lord—the Sabbath came and rest came, on Friday night at five in the evening, the strong wind calmed a bit, and we sailed well on Friday, Saturday, Sunday; and on Monday, we saw…
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Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
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Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)
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1741
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The great work called Mishneh Torah by the rabbi, our master, Moses ben Maimon of blessed memory, comprises fourteen books.
Were it not that the Lord was with us (Psalms 124:1), the Torah might have…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1509
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So said Jacob ben R. ḥayim Ibn Adoniyahu of blessed memory, after completing the proofreading of Seder taharot, I intended to apologize, since the subject is not habitual, and the source texts are few…
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Daniel Bomberg, Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1523
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And we, in our humble opinion, state that it was done well, although the labor was very great, and it ran very quickly, and according to our sharpness of wit at that time we examined it well, for we…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1524