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A Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue of Smyrna on the Arrival of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore in that City after His Successful Mission on Behalf of His Persecuted Brethren in Damascus
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Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. —Genesis 28:15. From the Midrash Shoḥer tov. “For the leader. Of the servant of the Lord, of David…

Contributor:

Pinḥas de Segura

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1840

Subjects:

Midrash, Theology, Diaspora, Politics

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Firsthand accounts, Speeches
Sefer ha-yashar (Book of the Upright)
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And it happened that one day, the sons of Jacob went to graze their sheep in Shechem, for they still grazed in Shechem in those days. And when the sons of Jacob were grazing their flock in Shechem…

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Unknown

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

Date:

Mid–17th Century

Subjects:

Midrash, Bible, Family, Crime

Categories:

Midrash