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When our teacher Rabbi Solomon, who was a rabbi here in Aleppo, passed away without any male children, the rabbis [of the city] consulted among themselves, and with the elders of the people and the…
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Raphael Laniado
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1787
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An event occurred to a person named Samuel, who was a great wise man down on his luck. He converted from Judaism and became one of the uncircumcised, accepting their religion. He learned their…
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Aaron Garish
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
(Aleppo, Syria)
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ca. 1527
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Unknown
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
(Aleppo, Syria)
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ca. 1710
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Damascus, signed on the 21st of Shevat 5466, or February 5, 1706, features a text set within an arch, and flanked on both sides and above with green and orange…
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Artist Unknown
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
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1706
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The initial premise of our argument—and the matters of which we speak are of ancient provenance—is that love can be divided into three categories, which are: the love of something beneficial, the love…
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Israel Najara
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
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Beginning of the 17th Century