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For there are seven abominations in their hearts to ensnare the souls of the innocent, and they abolish public study of the Torah, and they cast off the yoke of the Torah from their necks and from the…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1772
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Here is a song that I created,
well composed and uncomplicated;
you can call it a song or call it a dirge.
I’d like to tell you some of my troubles:
some men have problems by…
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ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1739
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What does this man [who contemplates the giving of the Torah] think that Moses our master, may peace be upon him, sat and did for forty days and forty nights when he stayed with the Lord on…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1623
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When we continue with this matter…
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Solomon Troki
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Riga, Swedish Empire
(Riga, Latvia)
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ca. 1700
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Christian Priest:Good morning to the Jews.
Jew:A good morning and a good year to my lord.
Priest:Where are you going today to insult the gentiles?
Jew:I do not understand you.
Priest:Have not you Jews…
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Saul Merari
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1706
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When there came to our notice the work composed and recently published by R. Azariah de’ Rossi, entitled Me‘or ‘enayim, which contains the sections: “The Voice of God,” “The Glory of the Elders,” and…
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Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1574
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In sum, many rabbis in these times understand nothing about the spheres and their workings, just as oxen and donkeys lack understanding [see Isaiah 1:3]. They have violated laws, broken statutes…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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Says the Author:
O my God! Remember for good my most honorable Master, my father, my teacher in respect of the Divine precepts—may his memory be for a blessing for the life of the World-to-Come! I…
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Eleazer Fleckeles
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1799–1800
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This is a short essay on the debate concerning practical halakhic issues that took place between the sages of Safed and those of Jerusalem wherein the sages of Safed saw fit to implement the ruling…
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Levi Ibn Ḥabib
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1538
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And so let it be known to your Excellency what happened to the letter that your Excellency sent me with the etrogs [citrons]. The letter was not handed to me until the [week of the] Sabbath of Vayetze…
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Asenath Barazani
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Mosul, Ottoman Empire
(Mosul, Iraq)
Date:
Early 17th Century