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Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Sieniawa, Austrian Empire
(Sieniawa, Poland)
Date:
1855
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Gravestone of honorable old lady Sra Rachel, wife of the wealthy citizen the honorable R. Jacob Fernandes Gill, deceased, seventh day of Passover, 22 Nisan 5486
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17th and 18th Centuries
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[This is the grave] of the blessed, revered, and God-fearing Abraham Baruh Henriques, who, in his life, sustained this Holy Synagogue of Nidhe Israel and protected it with…
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(Barbados)
Date:
1700–1750
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Kingston, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Kingston, Jamaica)
Date:
1722
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Mikri (“little one”) Wife of Yehuda Hamon (d. 1642)
Yesterday I was playing on the earth, in my husband’s embrace, like a tiny lamb, And an angel came and preyed upon me in his wrath…
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1642–1704
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Here is a man who revered The Name with love
Whose name was known For his generous spirit
He gave to charity To failing souls
From his pocket and his Until…
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
17th and 18th Centuries
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Italics indicate that the text was written in Hebrew, not Portuguese.
Contributor:
The Jewish Community of Curaçao
Places:
Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
Date:
Early 18th Century