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Those who write out evil writs
And compose iniquitous documents,
To subvert the cause of the poor,
To rob of their rights the needy of My people;
That widows may be their spoil,
And fatherless…
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In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he sent with Uriah. He wrote in the letter as follows: “Place Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest; then fall back so that he…
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David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin
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Meknes, Kingdom of Morocco
(Meknes, Morocco)
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1737
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Question: The following incident occurred: The gentlemen, R. Abraham Vidal, may he rest in peace, was married to the modest lady, Estrella, sister of the fine young man, R. David Pinto, may God…
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Paul Christian Kirchner, Jacob Castro
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
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End of the 16th Century
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I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680
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Here is a song that I created,
well composed and uncomplicated;
you can call it a song or call it a dirge.
I’d like to tell you some of my troubles:
some men have problems by…
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ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1739
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Belonging to Hamiohel daughter of Menahem.
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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7th Century BCE
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This wonder, this marvel,
which the deceitful fantasy
Basilisk or Asp believes it to be,
is an error of understanding:
Since if one considers it carefully,
the Divine Providence
is rewarding your…
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Isabel Enríquez
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1670
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Belonging to Shema servant of Jeroboam.
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Megiddo, Land of Israel
(Tel Megiddo, Israel)
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First Half of 8th Century BCE
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One of our greatest sins in the eyes of the Jewish bourgeoisie has been that in the course of the thirty-five years of our existence as a party we have not ceased to defend the simple idea that we…
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Henryk Erlich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1933