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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1754
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Israel David Luzzatto
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire (Trieste, Italy)
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ca. 1775
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Art, which gives men the means to persevere and cure some sicknesses, seems nowadays to depend on philosophy, which is that great and clear source that produces all that is luminous and useful. I am…
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Joseph Vita Castelli
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)
Date:
1774
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No decree can be nullified, but one can be changed by the Cause of causes.
The matters of the fastings and their cry (Esther 9:31)
In the first chapter of tractate…
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Menaḥem Rava
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Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
16th Century
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We must consider these three things: what great good we had in the past, the great distress and iniquity which we are in today, and…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1593
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And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan (Genesis 37:1): In that part of the land of Canaan where his father had lived, similar to the verse: [To Mamre, to Kiryat…
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Ovadiah Sforno
Places:
Bologna, Papal States (Bologna, Italy)
Date:
Before 1550
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Furthermore, I say that another reason for this [commentary] is that since all of these ethical principles were given to Moses at Sinai and it is necessary to fulfill them, when one hears about them…
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Samuel Uceda
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1579
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This poem expresses the idea that since today is the day when seats are set up [for judgment], since the Jewish people has declared the New Month, therefore we need to run to God and prostrate…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
Date:
1626
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At a sitting of three judges we the undersigned sat as a court on the fourth day of the month of Adar 2 in the year 5376 [1616] here in Vercelli after permission was given to us from his excellency…
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Joseph Ravena
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Vercelli, Duchy of Savoy (Vercelli, Italy)
Date:
1617
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Christian Priest:Good morning to the Jews.
Jew:A good morning and a good year to my lord.
Priest:Where are you going today to insult the gentiles?
Jew:I do not understand you.
Priest:Have not you Jews…
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Saul Merari
Places:
Papal States (Italy)
Date:
1706