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It has been clarified for you that the survival of Israel in their state of exile depends on their unity and their connection with each other, and their separation from the idolatrous nations. It is…
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Judah Loew
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1599
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The initial premise of our argument—and the matters of which we speak are of ancient provenance—is that love can be divided into three categories, which are: the love of something beneficial, the love…
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Israel Najara
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire (Damascus, Syria)
Date:
Beginning of the 17th Century
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A King had many natural sons, whom he handed over to lords and princes, his vassals, to rear and feed, and he had another legitimate son whom he greatly loved, and brought him up with him in his…
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Josua da Silva
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London, England (London, United Kingdom)
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1670–1679
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The Meaning of the Sukkah: Exile, for the Whole World Is Only a…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, France
Date:
1744
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Victory, Victory (oh most worthy congregation) Victory, not only once but many times shall I say and repeat that word, for it is such a joyous day for this entire, dear congregation, to be able to…
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Samuel Mendes de Sola
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)
Date:
1750
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This is a prayer book for women in Ladino for the whole year, with its order of blessings at the end. And the order for washing the hands and many other laws applicable to all of the most common…
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Meir Benveniste
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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ca. 1565
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These are the “prayers” that Brites Henriques recited and the notary transcribed.
Every Morning [Prayers]
Praised be the Lord
Who is so enlightened,
May you, My Lord, be served
By making me…
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Brites Henriques
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Lisbon, Portuguese Empire (Lisbon, Portugal)
Date:
1674
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If you prostrate yourself over the graves of the righteous, you need to have the proper intention, so that through your prostration, you will cause the soul of that righteous person to…
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Isaac Luria
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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Human prayer that is properly intended is above, in the supernal depths, according to the secret of the point of Zion; and there is the secret place of the holy…
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Ḥayim Vital
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century
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These are the words of the covenant [see, e.g., Deuteronomy 28:69], the twenty-four enactments that the people of action of the holy society, which is in the holy city of Safed, may it be built and…
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Safed Kabbalists
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1577