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The common names of plants used by different nations and languages were not coined by chance alone. If we examine the origin of these names, we find they are based on ancient legend and that the…
Contributor:
Aaron Aaronsohn
Places:
Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Ottoman Palestine (Israel)
Date:
1913
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Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham), published in Venice in 1719, is an interpretation and retelling of sections from the book of Psalms in verse. This portrait of its author, Abraham ben…
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1719
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1836
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All nations have been subject, in their authors, as in all other things, to significant important changes. Inclinations, needs, and the relations of their subjects change, as do the passions of the…
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Benedetto Frizzi
Places:
Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1787–1790