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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1533
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I will print this book in ink as a remembrance and a sign, a memorial for my dear children. For now I will reveal their strength with words, as a reminder for them and their children…
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Judah Peretz
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1712
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The princes of the peoples gathered together [see Psalms 47:10] to restore the crown to its former glory and to pray in the great synagogue before sunrise, as was done previously and in past times…
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Ashkenazic Morning Watchers
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1635
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The Rambam [Maimonides] wrote: The reason why the laws of women precede the laws of damages is in keeping with the order of the verses, as it is stated: If a man sell his daughter as a maidservant…
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Jacob ḥagiz
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1645
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Socrates’ defence was very carefully heard in the presence of the Academicians in the public assembly over a few days, and it produced no little disquiet in the minds of the judges, whose minds turned…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1651
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Translated by David Malkiel.
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Isaac Lampronti
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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In this chapter, the prophet speaks mainly of life and spiritual death, and your scholars concede this, as is seen in Nicolão de Lira’s exposition on the same chapter. And thus, you await greater…
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Elijah Montalto
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Livorno, Duchy of Tuscany
(Livorno, Italy)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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The ten halakhic questions raised by a certain individual directed against the Oral Law, and several of the commentaries upon it, have reached us. I have not needed to carry out a great deal of…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1619
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To the eminent sage, his honor our rabbi, R. Samson Bacchi of Casale, may the Compassionate One keep and preserve him
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Moses Zacuto
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1672
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a rampant lion…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1750