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The year 5573 (1813) was a leap year (in the Jewish calendar). On the twenty-fourth of Nisan, the Sabbath right after Passover, after midday, the skies became overcast and…
Contributor:
Jonah ben Gabriel
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Arbil, Ottoman Empire (Erbil, Iraq)
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ca. 1843
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I have written this down in connection with all that befell us during that year five thousand five hundred and sixty-nine [1809] here, in our holy community of Pressburg. Now an omen of this had…
Contributor:
Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1809
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The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
Judah is in mourning,
Her settlements languish.
Men are bowed to the ground,
And the outcry of Jerusalem rises.
The…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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