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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…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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Mid–16th Century
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If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsmen in any of your settlements in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against…
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Gold of Ophir to/of Beth Horon. 30 shekels.
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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Tel Qasila, Land of Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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8th or Early 7th Century BCE
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Tsidki-Yama, son of Shillimu (Shillem), voluntarily placed Puhulla, his slave, at the disposal of Shikin-Yama, son of Hinnamu, for his wages of six shekels of silver from the first day of Abu (Ab)…
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Al-Yahudu, Babylonia (Iraq)
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548 BCE
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[Hebrew:] We the undersigned, when the honorable old lady, Sra. Blanca, widow of R. Daniel Yeshurun (may his…
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Blanca Yeshurun
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1651
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The Twentieth day of may in the yeare one Thousand and Seven hundred & Eight I Esther Browne of New York widdow Being Sick in Body, Butt of good and Perfect Memory, Thancks be to almighty god and…
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Esther Browne
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)
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1708
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In the name of God Amen I Judith Baruh Alvares of the parish of Port Royal in the island of Jamaica widow being in an ill state of health but of sound mind and disposing memory thanks be to my eternal…
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Judith Baruh Alvares
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Port Royal, British America and the British West Indies (Port Royal, Jamaica)
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1732
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Now we have already informed all those present of the main point: we have come to inform and announce and make known to His Excellency, because this is the custom, what it is his duty toward us. For…
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Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1640
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10)
1. The rabbi shall be permitted to retain in his exalted academy ten members of the community, fifteen outstanding students and…
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The Jewish Community of Tykocin
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Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
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1718
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A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
If, along the road, you chance upon a bird…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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