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Lisbon, July 26. Here three rich Portuguese were detained on suspicion of secretly having practiced their faith. And their lives would have been spared if, God forbid, they would have…
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Moses Bar Abraham
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1686–1687
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Don’t overshadow anyone. Know that you have an obligation to observe 613 commandments, because many of them you have to perform, but they can be done conjointly; so that when one commandment is…
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Moses ben Gershon Parenzo, Abraham Farrar
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1627
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David de Aron Uziel Cardoso
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1714
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Jacobus Houbraken
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1728
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So that you may obtain a full, sufficient, and satisfying account, oh friend reader, of such an eminent structure as was that of the Temple of Solomon, it is advisable that you first know some things…
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Jacob Judah Leon Templo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1642
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Willem Surenhuys
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1698
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With a brief commentary and some Tosafot (additions) which were balanced, refined, and written by the Torah scholar, the great rabbi, R. Elijah ben Judah Loeb, who dwells in the land of Fulda, based…
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Elijah Fulda
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Fulda, Holy Roman Empire (Fulda, Germany)
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1710
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Lord of the world, my God,
I humbly beg You, with a broken heart,
And with my weak body,
To confirm my baby in Torah,
As a person of honor and riches.…
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Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1648
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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1647
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From B. d. S.
Sir,
Yesterday I received your letter, which was very welcome to me, as much because I wanted to hear some news from you as because I see that…
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
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1674