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Concerning the matter of the ten tribes, my dear sir should know that in Egypt, there is a place that is called Sawakin, almost a thirty-day distance away—from there, some say it is a three-day…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1527/28
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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(Obverse) To Nahum, [and] now: go to the house of Elyashib son of Ishiyahu and you shall take from there 1 jar of oil and send to Ziph quickly, and seal it with your seal.
(Reverse) On the 24th of the…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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I reign in a[ll (Judah (or: the land)]
Muster strength and [ . . . ]
the king of Egypt to [ . . . ]
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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To my lord, Yaush, may YHWH cause my lord to see peace at this time! Who is your servant, a dog, that my lord sent him the king’s [lette]r [and] the letters of the officers, saying, “Please read!” And…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
Date:
586 BCE
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Now I shall come to fulfill your desire by writing to you at length about the customs of the residents of the land of Israel; for although I also wrote to you by way of the pilgrims, and I sent them…
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Israel of Perugia
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1517–1523
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Behold, from the time of our settlement in the city that the Lord has chosen, which He had desired for His habitation (Psalms 132:13), we heard your voice and obeyed, for you stand in the breach…
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Students of the Jerusalem Yeshiva
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1521
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From the rabbis and geonim of the holy city of Safed, may it be speedily rebuilt in our days, sent to Modena, may God protect it, in 5370 [1610]
He shall be called a holy man [see Isaiah 4:3]; the…
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The Rabbis of Safed
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1610
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I went to the grave of the Tanna Ila, a man from the village of Yavneh who is mentioned in the tractates Berakhot and Avot, and afterwards we went to the grave of the pious Tanna R. Judah bar Ila‘i…
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Isaiah Horowitz
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1621
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Behold, at this time, faithful Jews from the lands of Ashkenaz and Bohemia came to Jerusalem from nearby—with letters from both of these lands—as they came to attest and tell of their interest in a…
Contributor:
Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1525