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In this scene from Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses), Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the Israelite Zimri in forbidden intercourse with the Midianite woman Cozbi and impales the two of them on his lance…
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Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown
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Tabriz, Ottoman Empire
(Tabriz, Iran)
Date:
1686
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In the age of every ruler, old and new, time and again some affliction befell us. But this one was…
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Bābāī ibn Lutf
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Kashan, Safavid Empire
(Kashan, Iran)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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Come, O heart, and proclaim a flood upon the world; no…
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Bābāī ibn Farhād
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Kashan, Afsharid Dynasty
(Kashan, Iran)
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Mid– to Late 18th Century
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1701
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It has been a long, sorrowful time that Mr. Solomon Ha-Kohen of Tangier (may God protect him) has been living here with us in Fez (may God protect it), upset angry, and bitter. We did not know what…
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David Nieto, Jacob Ibn Tsur
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Fez, Alawi Dynasty
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1744
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Zédé Schulmann
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1950
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We, the poor of Israel, inhabitants of the city of Izmir, may God protect it, slaves of our lord and king, Sultan Abdülmecid, may his name be praised and long live his reign, [are] oppressed and…
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Anonymous
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1847
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In the days when…
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Jacob Cansino
Places:
Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1638
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I have found written in the handwriting of the sage, our master, the crown and glory that rests upon our heads, the perfect sage and excellent judge, who is modest and happy in all his affairs. His…
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Ibn Danan Family
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1616
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In early winter 1998, I set out to discover my country, the Holy Land. My pilgrimage was an attempt at religious empathy: I was hoping to encounter, as an Israeli Jew, my Christian and Muslim…
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Yossi Klein Halevi
Places:
New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
2001