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Fernand Bidon
Places:
Marrakesh, Morocco
Date:
1950
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O my creator! Pay heed to the servant that knocks at your doors; open up for him the entrance to the lintel of your dwelling place.
As he lifts up his eyes to you, may his supplication, his cries…
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Jacob Ibn Tsur
Places:
Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
Beginning of the 18th Century
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On the eve of the fourteenth [of Nisan], after reciting the evening prayer, you must light a wax candle and recite the blessing on removing your leavened foods. Then you must search in your room and…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Johann Georg Puschner, Sebastian Jugendres, Solomon Adahan
Places:
Tétouan, Safavid Empire
(Tétouan, Morocco)
Date:
1735
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Joseph Arvatz, Chaim Maman
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1740
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When we were gathered together, we the undersigned, to negotiate the repair of fissures in our city, which is the renowned Fez, with the advice and consent of…
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The Sephardic Community of Fez
Places:
Fez, Saadi Sultanate
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1618
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
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Samuel Ibn Danan
Places:
Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1724
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David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin
Places:
Meknes, Kingdom of Morocco
(Meknes, Morocco)
Date:
1737
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When I was in Castile in the city of Zamora, tranquil and secure in my abode, I set my mind to inquire and explore matters of Torah and began to compose a book yielding lovely…
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Abraham Saba
Places:
Ksar el-Kebir, Kingdom of Morocco
(Ksar El Kebir, Morocco)
Date:
ca. 1500
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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
Places:
Fez, Alawi Dynasty
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1744
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All my bones say: O Lord, who is like you?
My palate speaks your praise, O my Rock, my Redeemer, my King;
You bring light to my darkness and bring me out of destruction.
The…
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna, Jacob Ibn Tsur
Places:
Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
Beginning of the 18th Century