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We are therefore obliged to examine the words of the living God, which are expressed through the wonderful wise men who have received the truth [i.e., kabbalists], the foundation of the Torah. The…
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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1636
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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1639
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But take heed, blind Pharisees, what you say! For though your hearts be full of malice and cunning yet, being without light, your tongues betray you. Suppose I was a Christian, what then would you say…
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Uriel da Costa
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1640
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And they permitted themselves to place a blemish in the holiness of heaven and the holiness of the study of the holy Torah, to place the filth of the primeval serpent, behaving according to their…
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Moses Ḥagiz
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1714
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We have placed in ḥerem [excommunication] David Henriq[ue]s, alias David Almansa, [and] Aron and Ishack Dias da Fonseca and the account reads, as follows:
(In Adar I). The gentlemen of the Mahamad…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1712