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To my brothers Jedaniah and his colleagues the Jewish Troop, your brother Hananiah.
May the gods seek the welfare of my brothers at all times.
And now, this year, year 5 of Darius the king, word has…
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419/418 BCE
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After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…
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Unknown
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
ca. 1524
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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Field of Holy Apples;
the Lesser Presence and Ancient Eminence
asse…
Contributor:
Isaac Luria
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Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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ca. 1565
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My heart is with your dews, homeland,
At night, above fields of nettles
And to the scent of cypresses and wet thistle
A hidden wing shall I spread out.
Soft sand-cradles are your roads
Spread out…
Contributor:
Esther Raab
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Cairo, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1923
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From the hour of distress (Psalms 118:5) as if [emerging] from the suffocating darkness of troublesome nightmares, we woke up; from the expanse, the lights of dawn welcomed us . . .
Lights from…
Contributor:
Simḥa Ben-Tsiyon
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1918
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On the 18th of Phaophi, year four of Artaxerxes the king in Elephantine the fortress, Malchiah son of Jashobiah, an Aramean, hereditary-property-holder in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of…
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401 BCE
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Sultan Mehmed began his reign in the year 856, according to their count [1452 CE]. The king ordered the building of sailing ships on the top of the…
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Joseph Sambari
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1673
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The [bram]ble sent a message to the pomegranate as follows: “Dear Pomegranate, what good are all [your] thorns [to him who tou]ches your [fru]it?” The [pome] granate replied to the bramble, “You are…
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Elephantine (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
Fifth Century BCE
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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…
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Moses Ibn Ḥabib
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Middle of the 17th Century
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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
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
ca. 1560