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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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A yihud [magical-theurgic “unification”] that my teacher, of blessed memory, taught me to remove an evil spirit: [For] sometimes the soul of an evil person is yet unable to get into Gehinnom because…
Contributor:
Ḥayim Vital
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
16th Century
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An amulet for a person with the falling sickness [epilepsy—Ed.]. He should wear it [the amulet] around his neck, and he should fast and ritually immerse, and it should be written in the first hour at…
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Anonymous
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16th or 17th Century
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I heard directly from those who say that a text exists which states that the wise and upright R. Solomon wished to spur the end of times and he wanted all to agree with his viewpoint. And he said that…
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Solomon Molkho
Date:
1538
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To the great master, the stronghold and tower, his name is increasingly great, he is my beloved master, the juice of my pomegranate (Song of Songs 8:2), my olive brimming with oil, Josheb-basshebeth a…
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Yekutiel Gordon
Places:
Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1729
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When God created the first man, Adam, and realized that he was all alone, God said: It is not good for a man to be alone and he created a woman for Adam and named her Lilith. From the beginning…
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Yael Feiler
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1981
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Gozan, Kingdom of Aram-Damascus
(Tall Ḩalaf, Syria)
Date:
Iron Age II, 10th–9th Century BCE