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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
Responsum: On the Right to Bequeath a Mitzvah
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Question: Since it is true from time immemorial and ancient years that we observe the customs of our ancestors, as is the practice of the Musta‘arabim [Arabic-speaking Jews] everywhere among the Jews…

Contributor:

Yom Tov Tzahalon

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Rite of passage, Ritual & observance, Bible

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Religion & Theology