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Legumes and Barley
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Greetings, Islah. Now, I shall dispatch legumes tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on Sabbath. Lest, if they get lost, by the life of YHH, I swear that I will take your life. Do not rely on Meshullemeth…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sabbath, Food and drink, Economic life, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Tekhine imohos (Women’s Supplication of the Matriarchs)
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Riboyne shel oylem, Almighty God, You created heaven and earth and all creatures with great compassion within six days and with only ten words. And on the seventh day, which is shabes koydesh, You…

Contributor:

Leah Horowitz

Places:

Glogau, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Głogów, Poland)

Date:

Mid–18th Century

Subjects:

Women, Holidays, Sabbath, Rosh Ḥodesh, Piety

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology