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Caged in a city of refuge, unredeemed, though the High Priest is already dead; kept alive by the hope of being ransomed; at all times manacled in the chains and bonds of love; struck on the cheek…
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Judah Zarco
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1560
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The word “feminism” is interpreted in different ways. Some would grant [women] exaggerated rights. Others limit their demands to their simplest form without arriving at a proper…
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Graziella Benghiat
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1913
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
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Djamilé Douec
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903
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The deed of will which is thus worded. In the community of Israel we have faithfully declared that we the undersigned are witnesses that it is a true and firm fact that the deceased lady, Sra. Rachel…
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Rachel Molina
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Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Date:
1672
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Considering the great harm and dangers that have befallen the religious communities of Israel on account of overdressing both by women and by young men, we, the undersigned honorable parnasim…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Tunis
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Tunis, Ottoman Empire (Tunis, Tunisia)
Date:
1726
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This is a prayer book for women in Ladino for the whole year, with its order of blessings at the end. And the order for washing the hands and many other laws applicable to all of the most common…
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Meir Benveniste
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1565
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Question: A rabbi died, leaving all his assets in the rabbinic court’s control until his heir came to take possession, and his closest heir, who ought rightfully to inherit, is in Portugal, living as…
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Samuel de Medina
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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By Abraham’s virtue and merit,
turn toward us with compassion;
from on high have mercy upon us,
my Lord, and my redemption:
Hear my voice in the morning.
Have mercy on the people you’ve chosen…
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Freyha bat Abraham
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First Half of the 18th Century
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A poem that I, Sa‘adia Longo, wrote to an important and wealthy man from Nicopolis, who came here to Salonika to marry a woman. I was not able to participate in his celebration because I was…
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Sa‘adia Longo
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
End of the 16th Century
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According to the Torah, a man can acquire a woman in one of three ways:
Through a document, through silver, or through intercourse. God is the one that gives a prudent wife.
In truth, one must begin…
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Caspar Birckenholtz, Judah Alkaletz
Places:
Algiers, Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
Early 17th Century