Showing Results 1 - 7 of 7
Restricted
Text
These high officials were not accustomed to wearing European-style shirts. When they decided to dress in the European style, they asked a certain ham, Daniel Andjel, whose shop at the Women’s Market…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1902
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…
Contributor:
Raphael Mordechai Malki
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Late 17th Century
Categories:
Public Access
Text
To the city of Yemen, Sheikh Shalom, on the 4th of Shevat [9th January 1742] from the Constantinople officials, may the Lord protect them.
The son of a valiant man, who had done mighty deeds, of…
Contributor:
Constantinople Officials
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1742
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
In order to survive, a newspaper needs numerous subscribers, the help of the community, paid publications, the aid of the friends of education, the generosity of the nation, and the support of the…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1877
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…
Contributor:
Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
Places:
Acre, Ottoman Empire
(Acre, Israel)
Date:
1741
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
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…
Contributor:
Asenath Barazani
Places:
Mosul, Ottoman Empire
(Mosul, Iraq)
Date:
Early 17th Century
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
At present there are approximately three hundred homeowners, and almost twelve hundred people, in Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and reestablished. This about the situation you will find at any point in…
Contributor:
Raphael Mordechai Malki
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Late 17th Century