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The following descriptions of Yiddish dialects have the same goal as the work published in Volume I of the Tsaytshrift [ journal]. For the most part, the material has been collected the…
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M. Veinger
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1928
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Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. They said to one another, “Come, let…
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David de Aron Uziel Cardoso
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1714
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1730
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Judah Monis
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Cambridge, British America and the British West Indies
(Cambridge, United States of America)
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1735
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Iehudah Machabeu
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La Rochelle, Kingdom of France
(La Rochelle, France)
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1655
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There are a few Torah scholars who are rich in knowledge and whose mental grasp is abundant, while others do not possess an intellectual grasp akin to theirs, for everyone possesses mental grasp in…
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Yeḥiel Mikhel Epstein
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
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1683–1693
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I will greatly thank the Lord with my mouth, and I will bless God in full assembles [see Psalms 68:27], for He has not forsaken His mercy and His truth from me [see Genesis 24:27], but has led me on…
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Abraham di Sant’Angelo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1558
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I adapted the above psalm to my situation, for the blessed Lord freed me from the Inquisition—although broken, I was released and free—where I saw eleven seeming penitents burned to death for heresy…
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David Abenatar Melo
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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1626
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An apology for the fact that this is written in the language of Ashkenaz (in Hochdeutch [German]). In my opinion, there are two good reasons for this: first, I have found written in…
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Lów Wallach
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1716