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This is the story of a queen who gave her daughter in marriage to a young king and then gave her the following instructions, inasmuch as she was about to be married. Since she was sending the daughter…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1620
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Every day they took from us whatever their hearts desired. They said to us, “We are needed to protect you from the mob.” We had no choice but to believe them. We had to take being cheated. They…
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Elhanan Helen
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1616
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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…
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Elḥanan Kirkhhain
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Kirchhain, Holy Roman Empire (Kirchhain, Germany)
Date:
1727
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1572
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Theresa Concordia Mengs
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Dresden, Holy Roman Empire (Dresden, Germany)
Date:
1745
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I will begin by praising God
Who created us all.
I will begin with the Ten Commandments
Which God, Blessed be He,
Gave to us by the hand of Moses.
All of us stood at Mount Sinai,
Each individual…
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Wife of Gershon Sheyndele
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1648
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1705
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Many good, blessed and pleasant years, may they surely come to you and to your head and hairs! To the hands of my lovely, dear, beloved husband, the pious and prudent, worthy R. Loeb, may his Rock and…
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Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro, Paul Christian Kirchner, Sarel bat Moses
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1619