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The three problems that I first asked are explained in regard to all of that which I have said. The first: Why is it called the “Holy Land” and the “Holy Temple”? This is according to the fact that it…
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Jacob ben Abraham Tsaddik, Isaac Karo
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Beginning of the 16th Century
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In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…
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Salomon Rosanes
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Sofia, Ottoman Empire (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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1914
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A male child becomes obligated to observe the commandments at the age of thirteen years and one day. Therefore, on the first day of his fourteenth year, a father grasps his son in his hand and says,…
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Ben Ish Ḥai
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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ca. 1894–1898
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…
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Jacob ben Ḥayim
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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1911
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Vitaliano Poselli
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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ca. 1900–1912
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…
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Unknown
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1628
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Maurice Joseph Cattaui, Maurice Joseph Cattaui
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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1905
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The city of Urfa, located between Palestine and Karaman, was the site of a very well-organized and previously planned massacre.
On the past August 18…
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Alexander Benghiat
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1918
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…
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Avram Naon
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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1909
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[ . . . ] But before we come to analyze the dreadful calamity [i.e., the drought] that has befallen us, and before we come to see what is the putrid humor harbored in our midst…
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Shimon Aghasi
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
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1912