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I have experienced in yishuvim [Jewish communities—Ed.] that old women are unable to keep the commandment of nido [menstrual purity—Ed.] properly. When they examine themselves and find a spot of blood…
Contributor:
Elḥanan Kirkhhain
Places:
Kirchhain, Holy Roman Empire
(Kirchhain, Germany)
Date:
1727
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The donkey greets the horse with his greeting. He says: “How is it that you are limping? Walk slowly to be sure you don’t fall. You’ll never be able to canter. You’ve surely grown old…
Contributor:
Bernard Picart, Moses Wallich
Date:
1697
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One must know that man possesses a greater virtue than the beast, because a beast also has in it the breath of life and likewise has the intelligence to eat and drink, and the desire to lie with the…
Contributor:
Johann Valentin Schüler, Beer Perlhefter, Bella Perlhefter
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
End of the 17th Century