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This synagogue, located in Carpentras, in Provence, was built in 1367 but went through serious repairs and was remodeled between 1741 and 1744 by a local civil engineer Antoine D’Allemand, in the…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Carpentras, Kingdom of France
(Carpentras, France)
Date:
1741–1744
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
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Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire
(Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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43. To avoid the scandal and hindrance that it causes in this Kahal Kados on the occasions when English ladies come to see the ceremonies of our religion…
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Wardens of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1664
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Reb Shmelke:
Well, I can see that you are a clever man, so I will tell you the whole story in brief. [He takes a drink.] As you see me before you, I’m called Reb Smelke [Shmelke, as pronounced by a…
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Solomon Ettinger
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Zamość, Russian Empire
(Zamość, Poland)
Date:
1839
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1553
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Duality manifests itself in all things, but in nothing is this two-foldness more plainly seen than in woman’s nature.
The weaker sex physically, it is the stronger spiritually, it having been said…
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Ray Frank
Places:
Chicago, United States of America
Date:
1893
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Theology teaches us that when God the Eternal formed man He gave him an extra rib. This rib was destined for the formation of woman in order that this creature, who was to become the rich…
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Elissa Lisbonne
Places:
Avignon, Second French Empire
(Avignon, France)
Date:
1865