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Responsum: On a Dispute over a Vineyard
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Question: From Rhodes. When the Lord expanded the borders [see Deuteronomy 19:8] of the dispersion of the diaspora and granted us a remnant and remainder in the kingdom of Turkey, He treated us with…

Contributor:

David Ibn Abi Zimra

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

Mid–16th Century

Subjects:

Economic life, Finance, Food and drink, Kashrut, Diaspora

Categories:

Law, Responsa
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
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I entered the restaurant five minutes late on purpose, but Babushkin was already there. He was at the small table I’d reserved way over in the corner, hunched over the menu because he was scared…

Contributor:

Jerome Weidman

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1937

Subjects:

Food and drink, Finance, Women, Sex

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Fiscal Bulla from Jerusalem
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In the seventh (year). Bethlehem. For the King. Translated by Ronny Reich.

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing, Finance, Food and drink
Libes briv (Love Letter)
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I must first briefly describe human nature. Namely, we people contain within us the four fundamental [elements] like all other species of creation that are below us or inferior to us. It…

Contributor:

Isaac Wetzlar

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Celle, Germany)

Date:

1749

Subjects:

Psychology, Morality, Ethics, Finance, Food and drink

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Ethics