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Always, by the time the humid, breathless, summer night lifted its veil and a quiet, rosy dawn emerged, when some glimmers of soft, opaque light began to filter through the dried muddy, dusty window…
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Dovid Mitzmacher
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1926
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During the nineteenth century the lives of Jews in Russia underwent enormous changes. In pre-reform times most Jews lived in villages and small towns. Most were engaged in trade and…
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Naum Abramovich Bukhbinder
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1931
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Max Liebermann
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1876
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When a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it, the one responsible for the pit must make restitution; he shall pay the price to the…
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Warsaw, 15 December 1861
Mr. Medard’s reply to our letter dated 15 November has not, in the least, surprised us; we had indeed expected it, exactly in the form in which it is composed…
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Al. K.
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1862
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Hear this word, you cows of Bashan
On the hill of Samaria—
Who defraud the poor,
Who rob the needy;
Who say to your husbands,
“Bring, and let’s carouse!”
My Lord God swears by His…
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging…
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Bill Aron
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New York, United States of America
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1978
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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Question: The following incident occurred in Rhodes: Reuben purchased 530 okes of wax from Simeon via a third party. Reuben did not take this wax into his possession; rather, as soon as he bought it…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
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Mid–16th Century