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How good and agreeable is it, when brothers live in one house, and how much more father and son
Peace to my beloved, dear and darling son, whose soul is bound to my soul, the intimate friend, the…
Contributor:
Eliezer Morawczyk
Places:
Tymbarg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tymbark, Poland)
Date:
1588
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[ . . . ] And when a woman must go out, she should not push through the men and should keep her distance from large groups of men, since this is a great lewdness, and she should not go out…
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Moses Yerushalmi
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1596
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Peace unto thy beautified and pious soul, beloved and affectionate mother, who hast given me birth, and who hast reared me. Thou who hast loved, fostered, and…
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Unknown
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1615
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I request my husband to dispose as follows:
I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of…
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Fanny von Arnstein
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1793
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[ . . . ] Each man should raise his children to Torah and good deeds. Each man should always ensure that his children learn Torah while they are still young and he should have them learn…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
Date:
1620
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Now comes the turn, with awe and reverence, awe and reverence without end, of my father, the pious, God-fearing, learned one, may his strength be for the Torah [see Esther 2:15], the supernal light…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
17th Century
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If we should lack nothing else than veils, it would be all right.
May peace and healthy days be your lot always; to you, my much beloved daughter, may you live long, you who are pious and virtuous…
Contributor:
Reisel Landau
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1619