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Kore’ ha-dorot (Reader for the Generations)
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…

Contributor:

David Conforte

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1678

Subjects:

Rabbis, Yeshiva, Education, Charity, Kabbalah

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts
Shklover Jews
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I know a town in White Russia [Belarus] on the River Dnieper. Its name is Shklov. I was born there, went to heder there, which is why I know it so well.The flame of life burns calmly there. Nobody…

Contributor:

Zalman Shneour

Places:

Vilna, Second Polish Republic (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Charity, Shtetl, Synagogue, Rabbis, Enlightenment

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Authorization of Receipt of Donation by Eretz Israel Contribution Fund of Ferrara (Italy) Congregation
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This receipt with ornate Hebrew calligraphy was issued to certify a donation by members of Ferrara’s Jewish community to aid Jews in Jerusalem. The funds were solicited by the rabbi of a yeshiva in…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Charity, Israel-Diaspora relations, Rabbis, Cities, Jerusalem

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Legal Documents, Law
Paper with Hebrew writing and decorative doodles on corners of text.