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And praised be the Lord—the Sabbath came and rest came, on Friday night at five in the evening, the strong wind calmed a bit, and we sailed well on Friday, Saturday, Sunday; and on Monday, we saw…
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Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
Places:
Acre, Ottoman Empire
(Acre, Israel)
Date:
1741
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There was an incident involving a woman who came before the court to get a divorce. Her name was Melok, and she had no other known name at all. It occurred to me in this regard that the name…
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Abraham ben Mordechai ha-Levi
Places:
Venice, Ottoman Empire
(Egypt)
Date:
1694
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed,
[May] your life [be] long,
[May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead,
[May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.
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The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan
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Zakho, Ottoman Empire
(Zakho, Iraq)
Date:
17th Century
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We, the elders and leaders of the village of Hasköy, have signed below on the advice of our teacher, the rabbi, may he enjoy a long life. Whereas, there are in this village of ours an association of…
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The Confraternity of Boatmen in Hasköy, Istanbul
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Hasköy, Ottoman Empire
(Hasköy, Turkey)
Date:
1708
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We, the young ones of the flock, the holy flock here in Izmir, declare: whereas several…
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The Jewish Community of Izmir
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
First Third of the 17th Century
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And therefore, with that, I, the young man, said that I will make a little book of my “Hymns for the Cantor with My Tunes” for the public benefit. Perhaps the one who makes use of them will do so for…
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Moses Ibn Tsur
Places:
Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1712
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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Lesser Presence;
the Ancient Eminence and Field of Apples
assemble…
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Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg, Isaac Luria
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ca. 1565
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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot
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Israel Najara
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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A list of regulations passed in the Ashkenazic community of Safed, may it be sustained, by order of the officials, some rabbis, and certain members, for fifty years, from Shevat 12 in the year 5336…
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Moses Trani
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1576
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The Book of Me‘am lo‘ez is the explication of the entire Hebrew Bible in Ladino, explaining the way of life which a person must lead as the sacred law commanded, and also to know about all that…
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Jacob Huli
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730