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Letter
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In the name of the Lord: My brothers and my friends, the inhabitants of Albanian Belgrade [Berat, Albania]: may all who are worthy merit seeing the salvation of the Lord. Hurry and send me the maḥzor…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Tzvi

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Messianism, Holidays, Tishah be-Av, Community, Bible

Categories:

Literature, Prophetic Literature, Letters
Every day, I ask
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Every day, I ask all those that pass by the shepherd’s tents, What is all this, why is all this? Has my beloved had a change of heart, and abandoned his flock forever, And rejected them, and…

Contributor:

Judah Alkaletz

Places:

Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Bible, Israel/Israelis, Community, Messianism, Piety

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
On Sabbatean Kabbalah
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This is the secret of the teaching of the sages: “When the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world with the attribute of justice, and the world could not subsist—and so too with the attribute of…

Contributor:

Solomon Ayllon

Places:

London, England (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Mysticism, Kabbalah, Messianism, Bible

Categories:

Magic & Mysticism, Mystical Texts, Prophetic Literature
Letter about the Coming of the Messiah
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I received your letter, and since you believed that I sent to you concerning matters of our Messiah of Truth, I shall fulfill the wishes of your heart and your feelings of deficiency, and I shall tell…

Contributor:

Abraham Michael Cardoso

Places:

Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)

Date:

1670

Subjects:

Messianism, Prophets, Dreams, Kabbalah, Bible

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Prophetic Literature