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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1735
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
Contributor:
Samuel Ibn Danan
Places:
Fez, Kingdom of Morocco
(Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1724
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36
The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an…
Contributor:
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1893
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Fernand Bidon
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Marrakesh, Morocco
Date:
1950
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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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Unknown
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire
(Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Date:
ca. 1820
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Unknown
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Buda, Ottoman Empire
(Buda, Hungary)
Date:
1686
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Nicolas de Nicolay
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1568
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the…
Contributor:
Elijah Capsali
Places:
Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1523
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Unknown
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1627
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At that time, this story [parashah] was written: a great event happened to the Jews, which caused downfall such as never had been in the world before and never would occur again. They came before the…
Contributor:
Se‘adya ha-Levi
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1667