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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Unknown
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1627
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…
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Se‘adya ha-Levi
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1667
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It was in the year 5457, which is the year 1109 in their calendar [1697 CE], in the month of Tevet, when the chill and the cold began and the water of the great river Ozo Sway [the Dnieper…
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David Leḥno
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Karasubazar, Crimean Khanate
(Bilohirsk, Ukraine)
Date:
First Quarter of the 18th Century
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
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Samuel Ibn Danan
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1724