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At a sitting of three judges we the undersigned sat as a court on the fourth day of the month of Adar 2 in the year 5376 [1616] here in Vercelli after permission was given to us from his excellency…
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Joseph Ravena
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Vercelli, Dutchy of Savoy (Vercelli, Italy)
Date:
1617
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Question: Some of the poor members of the nation in Egypt [do as follows]. When a man fights with his wife and their marriage is not working out, and the wife wants to divorce but the husband does not…
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Moses Ibn Ḥabib
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Middle of the 17th Century
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1701
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These are the conditions for a proper wife so that she will be cherished by her husband, so that he will not come to set his…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1712
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It has been a long, sorrowful time that Mr. Solomon Ha-Kohen of Tangier (may God protect him) has been living here with us in Fez (may God protect it), upset angry, and bitter. We did not know what…
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David Nieto, Jacob Ibn Tsur
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Fez, Alawi Dynasty (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1744
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To be given to my dearly beloved and pleasant son-in-law—who fears sin and all whose deeds are worthy—the respected Mr. Falk.
He who delivers this letter, on him be blessing.
From the holy community…
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Barukh Reiniger
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1619
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The people were hardworking, sprightly, and seasoned. They sailed all the way to Danzig and Memel and back, and knew the worth of merchandise as well as of people. The Jewish population made a living…
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Mark Vishniak
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1939
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May the bridegroom rejoice and the roses multiply, let sorrows fade away and let the young, old, and simple-minded understand. May the grooms be joyful with strophic poetry (shirot) and songs (renanot…
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Saliḥ ibn Yaḥya
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Sanaʽa, Ottoman Empire (Sanaa, Yemen)
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1717–1740
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Listen, my friends, pay attention!
Be silent, do not restrain me,
Nor say, “That fellow Amīānā’s been unfaithful,
His heart and tongue in two directions pull;
If not, why did he leave his native…
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Amīnā
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Kashan, Ottoman Empire (Kashan, Iran)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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The terrace of the large coffee house in Berlin was almost empty, save for the occasional occupied table. The season had already turned autumnal. The weather was unpredictable, and the air carried a…
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Hersh Dovid Nomberg
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1925–1926