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This rare example of a Roman ketubah (marriage contract) from the seventeenth century was written on the occasion of the marriage of Menahem ben Samuel Zadik to Zevia, daughter of the prominent banker…
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1627
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This ketubah (marriage contract), was signed in Bayonne, France, whose Jewish community originated with New Christians from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century. It marks the wedding of Isaac…
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Artist Unknown
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Bayonne, Kingdom of France
(Bayonne, France)
Date:
1705
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This intricately decorated ketubah (marriage contract) marks the marriage of Gabriel ben Hezekiah Amron to Simḥa bat Shabbetai mi-Segni. It is richly decorated with biblical miniatures, including one…
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1734
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Gold of Ophir to/of Beth Horon. 30 shekels.
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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Tel Qasila, Land of Israel
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
8th or Early 7th Century BCE
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I admit my guilt that about a year ago I was in the home of Juan Estevan when his daughter Inés said to me: “Come here, cousin, would you like to see your mother who is long deceased? and to save your…
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Beatriz de Villanueva of Herrera
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire
(Herrera del Duque, Spain)
Date:
1500/1501
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I admit my guilt . . . in that I was told of a maiden who was [there] the daughter of Juan Estevan who had ascended to heaven and was approached there by an angel, and how she had told of the many…
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Isabel Rodríguez of Agudo
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Herrera del Duque, Spanish Empire
(Herrera del Duque, Spain)
Date:
1501
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Meṣad Hashavyahu, Land of Israel
(Yavneh, Israel)
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Late 7th Century BCE
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Biblical Period
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
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18th century
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Shalom Italia
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1648