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Olive liked her new job very much. She had never before tasted such rich, well-cooked food in her life. She put on weight. She was contented.
There wasn’t too much work; just cleaning the…
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Simon Blumenfeld
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1935
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May this be written for a coming generation, that people yet to be created will praise Jah. For the signs and wonders that the most high God has performed for us, I am pleased to relate:
Know that in…
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Elijah Capsali
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Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1538
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[ . . . ] Based on the above reasoning, you can see how wrong those people are who fast on the day of the birth of the new moon, as the whole reason for…
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Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1731/32
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Thus said the Lord: I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Faithfulness, and the mount of the Lord of Hosts the Holy Mount.
Thus said the Lord…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE
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For a long time, Slimsohn had been saving considerable time and money on food. He had started by limiting himself to just one meal a day, towards evening, then delaying it until that undefinable…
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Gustave Kahn
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Paris, France
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1925
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980. It is written in Re’shit ḥokhmah [The Beginning of Wisdom (1579), by Elijah de Vidas]: The name of the Ten Days of Repentance indicates that they were ordained to amend the year. They are days of…
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Joseph Yuspa Hahn Nordlingen
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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17th Century
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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1631