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Rembrandt van Rijn
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1655
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This gravestone in the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands (est. 1614), that of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam, is inscribed in memory of Mordechai Franco Mendes (d…
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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands)
Date:
1687 and 1696
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
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Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire
(Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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Now, lo, I saw a dream and since then I am very feverish. May Iahmoliah attend to my welfare.
Now, if you wish, do not sell them. Let the children eat them. Lo, there do not remain any cucumbers.
Tran…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
Date:
Early 5th Century BCE
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I received your letter, and since you believed that I sent to you concerning matters of our Messiah of Truth, I shall fulfill the wishes of your heart and your feelings of deficiency, and I shall tell…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
1670
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For do not interpretations belong to God? There are many kinds of dreams in the world: dreams that are mostly true and close to prophecy, but the sages said that there are no dreams without…
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Raphael Mordechai Malki
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Last Quarter of the 17th Century
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A fourth dream, occurring shortly after the last one mentioned, brings me back to Rome. I see a street-corner before me and am astonished to see so many German placards posted there. On the day before…
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Sigmund Freud
Places:
Vienna, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Vienna, Austria)
Vienna/Leipzig, Austrian Empire
(Vienna/Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1899
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In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it. The Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power…
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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The mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision; then Daniel blessed the God of Heaven. Daniel spoke up and said:
“Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,
For wisdom and power are…
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1618–1648