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Me‘il tsedakah (Robe of Righteousness)
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Regarding that which is written: a man’s gift [makes room for him] (Proverbs 18:16), this means that the gift itself, which one personally gives to the poor, will make room for him. When you provide…

Contributor:

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Charity, Poverty, Economic life, Talmud, Rabbinic/Rabbinite

Categories:

Law, Rabbinic Law, Responsa
‘Ets ḥayim (Tree of Life)
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These are the generations of Isaac ben ḥayim ben Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19) ben Joseph among the kohanim who trace their family back to Pinehas, son of Eliezer, son of Aaron the…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Ḥayim ha-Kohen

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

First Half of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Travel, Exile, Christian-Jewish relations, Poverty, Torah study

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Travel Writing