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Blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai,
Esther my lady.
Viva my lady,
blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai.
David:
It is…
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1699
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Question 1: May our teacher and master, the great rabbi, who sits on the throne of halakhic rulings, please instruct and enlighten us regarding an episode that unfolded here in our city of Pisa, may…
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Simeon ben Naphtali, Jacob Senior
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Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pisa, Italy)
Date:
Mid– to Late 17th Century
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Johannes Vollevens II
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1727
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The will of the creator is that the world should be sustained, expanded, and populated daily by man, whom he shaped for his glory. That is, indeed, why he created this great machine, and…
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Abraham Vaez
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Kingdom of France (Bayonne, France)
Date:
1692
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1709
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The day my heart was troubled doubly,
By your love, O crown unto my head,
Delight and joy were mine beside the sheepfolds,
When your beauteous traits were joined to me.
Lovely are your dancing…
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Solomon de Oliveyra
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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Like a wooer and a husband
I devote myself to your faith
since being a husband does not imply
a courtly surrender.
Like a wooer I pursue your love
because I wish to merit
the privileges of a…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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The deed of will which is thus worded. In the community of Israel we have faithfully declared that we the undersigned are witnesses that it is a true and firm fact that the deceased lady, Sra. Rachel…
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Rachel Molina
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Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Date:
1672
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Leonore (Rachel) de Alvaro da Costa (1669–1749), the second wife of Don Francisco Lopes Suasso, was descended from a wealthy Portuguese New Christian family who fled the Iberian Peninsula and settled…
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1730s–1740s
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Moses Belmonte
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1642