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From the Editor:
With God’s help, the time has come for our newspaper to appear before the community, and I am sure that at first our esteemed subscribers will not judge us for its errors, because all…
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Ezekiel Gabay
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1860
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I truly heard a mouth of holiness uttering these words, namely the holy and honored one of the Almighty, the most renowned, illustrious, saintly, and godly kabbalist, our teacher, R. ḥayim of Sanz of…
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Jacob Landau
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1810
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On the night of Simhat Torah 5575 [1814], the Seer closeted himself in his room on the second story of his home. The one window overlooking the wide Jewish street was open; it was very near to the…
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Urye Kahan
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1867
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We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…
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Israel Leon Grosglik
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1869
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Paris, December 1876
To Mr. President and Members of the Conference of Constantinople
Sirs,
You were nominated to discuss the interests of a great number of people in the Orient, and to accomplish a…
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Anonymous
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1877
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Berlin, 18 July 1777 Berlin, 13 Tammuz 5537
Dear Moses, may you live,
I hope that my letter will find you happy and in good spirits in Königsberg. We are all, thank G-d, well and alive, and when you…
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Fromet Guggenheim
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1777
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Flat Bush, Saturday, 10 o’c[lock]., August 10th, [17]’81
My dear Abby: [ . . . ]
[ . . . ] By the by, few N.York ladies know how to entertain company in their own houses unless they introduce the card…
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Rebecca Franks
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Flatbush, United States of America
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1781
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David Aboab
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
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1745
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The slaughter that occurred there, in Lisbon:
I was out of the city, and when I returned after several days they told me that the two [events, namely, the massacre within Lisbon and in the surrounding…
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Solomon Ibn Verga
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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Greetings, Islah.
Now, I shall dispatch legumes tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on Sabbath. Lest, if they get lost, by the life of YHH, I swear that I will take your life. Do not rely on Meshullemeth…
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Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt
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ca. 475 BCE