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The Holy One, blessed be He, gave understanding, wisdom, knowledge, fear of sin, and generosity of soul to the eminent philanthropist, so that he should earn a good name and receive glory, his honor R…
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The Jewish Community of Maḥla (Egypt)
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Maḥla, Ottoman Empire
(Al Maḩallah al Kubrá, Egypt)
Date:
17th Century
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When we were gathered together, we the undersigned, to negotiate the repair of fissures in our city, which is the renowned Fez, with the advice and consent of…
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The Sephardic Community of Fez
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Fez, Saadi Sultanate
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1618
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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1639
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On the 28th of Tisry, yr. 5468 [1707], the gentlemen of the Mahamad and their councillors met to correct the disorders caused in this Holy House by the big boys and lads who do not attend the Medras…
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The Jewish Community of Curaçao
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1707
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On this day, 25th Adar, 5490:
- A ban, enforceable by excommunication, on producing…
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The Jewish Community of Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1730
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We the undersigned hereby declare that to sustain the community and for the welfare and the peace of the communities of our city, of common accord we have issued for twenty years the following…
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The Jewish Community of Salonika
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1617
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Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that man
A thousand times be called who acknowledges
One God alone, a single entity.
Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he be
Who in God’s holy Law meditates
B…
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Reuel Jessurun
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1624
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This is the list of David’s warriors: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni, the chief officer; he wielded his spear against three hundred and slew them all on one occasion. Next to him was Eleazar son of…
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These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century
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Belonging to Gedalyahu “who is over the House.”
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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6th Century BCE