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In the days of Antigonus, in about 3160 of creation, roughly 52 of the second rule of Ptolemy II over…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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Alessandria, Duchy of Milan
(Alessandria, Italy)
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1587
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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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Anonymous
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1627
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…
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Samuel Feibush
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Venice, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
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1655
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To that courageous, versatile man,
In whom learning and greatness are contained,
And whose fruit is a holy object of praise, namely, my exalted leader and ruler, his honored eminence master Moses…
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Salamone de Rossi
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1622/23
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1719
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1568
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Servius de Levis
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Verona, Republic of Venice
(Verona, Italy)
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16th Century
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“I, too, have authority, the authority of the Lord, blessed be He, of the Shekinah and all the members of the Heavenly Academy.”
[Padua, 16 March 1730]
Oh, thou great Prince, lofty pillar, Gaon R…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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1730
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This poem says that wellbeing [shalom] is ours, since we have God as our king, and we have the Torah, whose paths are wellbeing, even though we have acted wrongly and have been trapped by bad hatred…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
Date:
1626
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Question: Reuven has a single daughter, soft and delicate, whom he married to Ḥanokh ben Judah with a dowry of a thousand sultanish. The bride is twelve years old, and in her father’s home she was…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1542