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Buda, Holy Roman Empire (Buda, Hungary)
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1541
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On the Sabbath a few young girls were [playing] going up and down a ladder in the house of Bella Stella. One of them, Marchigiana, daughter of Aron di Joab, [tripped . . . and] fell; and her virginity…
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1539
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859 BCE–824 BCE
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Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
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Ottoman Empire (Aitoloakarnania, Greece)
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1528
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[ . . . ] The Portuguese king, eager to find some logical excuse to vex me, called for an investigation to see if the number…
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Samuel Usque
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
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1553
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These were the marches of the Israelites who started out from the land of Egypt, troop by troop, in the charge of Moses and Aaron. Moses recorded the starting points of their various marches as…
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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
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Johannes Buxtorf, Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy (Basel, Switzerland)
Date:
1603
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What shall the passive and lackluster do
if the pious and accomplished are swiftly felled by angels?
Quake, nations, and rich and poor fear ye the judgment day.
When the…
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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1554–1705
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New and hitherto unknown words have entered our dictionary. These words can now be heard at gatherings, and even more in private conversations, and sometimes we read them in the press. And if, until…
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Moshe Beilinson
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Petah Tikvah, Mandate Palestine (Petaẖ Tiqva, Israel)
Date:
1927
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Some decades ago Jewish badkhonim-actors [jesters] were still a very common phenomenon. Most of the time the badkhn was not only an entertainer improvising rhymes and funny sayings, but…
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Dov Ber Slutsky
Date:
1936