Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
Masa‘ot erets Yisra’el (Travels in the Land of Israel)
Public Access
Text
Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…

Contributor:

Moses Basola

Places:

Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)

Date:

1521–1523

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Economic life, Synagogue, Israel/Israelis, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
Re’shit bikure katsir (First Fruits of the Harvest)
Public Access
Text
I have examined the matter carefully, to see whether I should uphold that which they have already done, in nullifying the custom [of reciting the priestly blessing after dark, during the Ne…

Contributor:

Jacob Ulma, Isaac Lampronti

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1715

Subjects:

Holidays, Yom Kippur, Prayer & liturgy, Halakhah, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism