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One who exchanges good for bad and bad for good, and says that transgressions are really virtuous deeds, and that it is by this means that one can bring the Will of the Creator to fruition—such an…
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Ezekiel Landau
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1760
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I will print this book in ink as a remembrance and a sign, a memorial for my dear children. For now I will reveal their strength with words, as a reminder for them and their children…
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Judah Peretz
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1712
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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
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Istria, Holy Roman Empire
(Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502
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The people recite teḥinot [supplications] during the morning prayers on the eve of the Tishah be-Av (Ninth of Av). They then dine before entering into the synagogue for the…
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Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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So since we are in the midst of writing a song,
We will write also about the destruction of the holy community of Kremzir,
Even though this happened five years before,
In the year 1643, on the 9th of…
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Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi
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Kremzir, Holy Roman Empire
(Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
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1648
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Everything proceeds from above, from the world of emanation, excepting no point in the lower world. And even a tree, and a stone, and everything comes from above; and this is the procession of…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz the Elder
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1616
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A member of the Greek Church, once addressed me in the following words:—“Do you know wherefore you have no longer a king of your own people? It is because you have rejected the faith of…
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Isaac Troki
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Altdorf, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1593
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I will raise the matter of trimming the beard
He trims it away like leaven [on the eve of Passover]
He leaves only a small goatee.
One more…
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Unknown
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16th Century
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Part One, in which are shown all the rules necessary for understanding language, how to compose and write therein prose and verse, with the appropriate elegance and measure.
To the Reader:
Although I…
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Moses Gideon Abudiente
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1633
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Thus said the editor [megihah], who bursts forth [megi’aḥ] in prostration from his place, and offers his greeting of peace with a bow and while kneeling. His labor is for all those who are wise of…
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Seligman Ulma
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Hanau, Holy Roman Empire
(Hanau, Germany)
Date:
1610