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A Story of What Happened to Rav Moshe Danon and the Elders of the Jewish Community of Sarajevo on 20 October 1819
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Let us recount a story of the old days, of what happened to a great man who lived then. He was our Rav Danon, may his name endure forever. We will not forget him ever, We will extol him before God, f…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Date:

ca. 1820

Subjects:

Rabbis, Muslim-Jewish relations, Finance, Violence, Poetry

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Poetry
Family Chronicle
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…

Contributor:

Se‘adya ha-Levi

Places:

Qasimid State (Yemen)

Date:

1667

Subjects:

Messianism, Torture, Muslim-Jewish relations, Dress, Antisemitism, Poetry

Categories:

Historical writing, Poetry
Ladino Song on the Conversion of Shabbetai Tzvi
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 Rabbis are becoming angry with our redeemerOur king and the shekhinah is heAnd it is for good and for the good of our King and for the goodof the six hundred thousand of Israel that all followed him …

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Unknown

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Türkiye)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Messianism, Mysticism, Kabbalah, Conversion, Muslim-Jewish relations, Poetry, Prophets & prophecy

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Popular Poetry