Showing Results 11 - 20 of 27
Public Access
Text
From the rabbis and geonim of the holy city of Safed, may it be speedily rebuilt in our days, sent to Modena, may God protect it, in 5370 [1610]He shall be called a holy man [see Isaiah 4:3]; the…
Contributor:
The Rabbis of Safed
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1610
Categories:
Public Access
Text
At the gate of the inner courtyard, where the eunuchs and all of the great men of the kingdom were standing before the king, they were standing there, and Amira was sitting, and the aforementioned…
Contributor:
Unknown
Places:
Adrianople, Ottoman Empire (Edirne, Turkey)
Date:
1671
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
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:
Public Access
Text
It has been a long, sorrowful time that Mr. Solomon Ha-Kohen of Tangier (may God protect him) has been living here with us in Fez (may God protect it), upset angry, and bitter. We did not know what…
Contributor:
Jacob Ibn Tsur
Places:
Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1744
Subjects:
Restricted
Text
A Jewish girl, having been sent by her parents on an errand to a Jewish neighbour, was one day suddenly seized in the street by a Moslem and forcibly carried off to a Moslem house and compelled to…
Contributor:
Morris Cohen
Places:
Hamadan, Iran
Date:
1893
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
Sensitive Content
Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…
Contributor:
The Jewish Community of Urmiya
Places:
Urumia, Iran (Urmia, Iran)
Date:
1894
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
We must emphasize the impact Jews are having on the town of Jaffa. Those who knew Jaffa in the past can testify that the town owes a lot to the Jews; its appearance has changed dramatically over the…
Contributor:
Ze’ev Smilansky
Places:
Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1906
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
I have found written in the handwriting of the sage, our master, the crown and glory that rests upon our heads, the perfect sage and excellent judge, who is modest and happy in all his affairs. His…
Contributor:
Ibn Danan Family
Places:
Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1616
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
1.
In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…
Contributor:
Salomon Rosanes
Places:
Sofia, Ottoman Empire (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Date:
1914
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Image
The embroidered structure in the center of this silk Torah ark curtain is thought to be a loose representation of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, with its six minarets and entryway stairs. A somewhat…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1735