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[ . . . ] After the intractable insolence shown by Süss when his sentence was pronounced, he was fettered cross-wise in the Chamber of Nobles, where he was to be confined until execution, and kept…
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Lion Feuchtwanger
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Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1925
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Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth [see Micah 6:2] the lament of my beloved for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill…
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Joseph Karo
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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Mid–16th Century
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Let us recount a story of the old days, of what happened to a great man who lived then.
He was our Rav Danon,
may his name endure forever.
We will not forget him ever,
We will extol him before God,
f…
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Anonymous
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire
(Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Date:
ca. 1820
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Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) was the chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, a court Jew, and Hapsburg financier. His grave in the Viennese Seegasse cemetery is marked with an elaborately decorated…
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1724
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Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) occupied a number of prominent roles, including court Jew, Austrian financier, and chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia. This portrait was painted around the time when he…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
ca. 1700
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Now we have already informed all those present of the main point: we have come to inform and announce and make known to His Excellency, because this is the custom, what it is his duty toward us. For…
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Anonymous
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1640
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10)
1. The rabbi shall be permitted to retain in his exalted academy ten members of the community, fifteen outstanding students and…
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The Jewish Community of Tykocin
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
1718
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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
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
Mid–16th Century