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Seder Eliyahu zuta (The Minor Order of Elijah)
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the Sultan…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1523

Subjects:

Monarchy, Conversion, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Religion & Theology
Paraḥ mateh Aharon (The Staff of Aaron Had Sprouted)
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…

Contributor:

Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1701

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Nonmonogamy, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Reportage