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Testament (Istanbul)
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[Hebrew:] We the undersigned, when the honorable old lady, Sra. Blanca, widow of R. Daniel Yeshurun (may his…

Contributor:

Blanca Yeshurun

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

ca. 1651

Subjects:

Wills & testaments, Inheritance, Finance, Family, Women, Law

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Firsthand accounts
Sefer ha-tsava’ah (Book of the Testament): Ethical Will
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Now I will give instructions concerning how to look after me from the beginning of my final illness—when the day of judgment comes, during all the period of my illness, and the time of my death, when…

Contributor:

Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

ca. 1718

Subjects:

Mourning, Purity, Burial, Death, Ethics, Law, Wills & testaments

Categories:

Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Science & philosophy, Ethics