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May the Lord who dwells in Zion protect you from any grief and sorrow. To my beloved mother, the crown of my head, the pious Mrs. Rachel, may she live long. [ . . . ] You should know, my dear mom…
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Bernard Picart, Moses Sussman Zarit
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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ca. 1560
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After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…
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Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
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Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)
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1741
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After greeting, I accepted the letters, but we do not have the time to copy the expositions, as you wanted. Due to the fact that the late, wise, and pious Judah Ashkenazi, when he came to Jerusalem…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
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ca. 1670–1680
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
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Djamilé Douec
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903
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We have not had in Mosul—unlike our unfortunate coreligionists in Baghdad much to suffer from the fanatic and reactionary movement among the Muslims in recent days. The delegates of the Committee of…
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Maurice Sidi
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1908
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Concerning the matter of the ten tribes, my dear sir should know that in Egypt, there is a place that is called Sawakin, almost a thirty-day distance away—from there, some say it is a three-day…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1527/28
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In the name of the Lord:
My brothers and my friends, the inhabitants of Albanian Belgrade [Berat, Albania]: may all who are worthy merit seeing the salvation of the Lord. Hurry and send me the maḥzor…
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Shabbetai Tzvi
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1666
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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
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Samuel Picho
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1500
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Abraham Rovigo (1650–1713) was born in Modena and studied kabbalah under Moses Zacuto in Venice. Rovigo’s wealth enabled him to devote himself to study and to support pious endeavors. Swept up by…
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Mordechai de Lattes
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1702
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To the city of Yemen, Sheikh Shalom, on the 4th of Shevat [9th January 1742] from the Constantinople officials, may the Lord protect them.
The son of a valiant man, who had done mighty deeds, of…
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Constantinople Officials
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1742