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These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan. [ . . . ]
[W]e marched back into the…
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These are the last words of David:
The utterance of David son of Jesse,
The utterance of the man set on high,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
The favorite of the songs of Israel:
The spirit…
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Behold, an agency was sent to me from the two groups of the yeshiva heads coming to judgment, in whose hand was a written deed, signed by fit and proper witnesses, that the widow, the aforesaid lady…
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Rebecca ha-Levi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1730
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In the name of God, Amen.
I Moses Cohen DeLara of the parish of Kingston in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid Merchant being sick in Body but of Sound memory and…
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Moses Cohen DeLara
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Kingston, British America and the British West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica)
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1749
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Whereas it is true and certain that the Lady Simcha—may she be blessed above women in the tent—daughter of the honorable and exalted R. Hefetz Conforte—may his soul repose in Paradise—summoned us, the…
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Simcha Conforte
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Skopje, Ottoman Empire (Skopje, North Macedonia)
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1730
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Rebecca:You, Sir, are the cause of his great impudence.
Isaac:Am I really the instrument?
Rebecca:Yes, for you love him for four birds of flight [he hunts for you]. You very much relish the stew he…
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1699
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I am in hiding in a loft over a stable, in a village, with good people. The risk of death hovers over me, as it does over all Jews these days, and the slightest lapse of vigilance on my…
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Baruch Milch
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1943
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[Hebrew:] We the undersigned, when the honorable old lady, Sra. Blanca, widow of R. Daniel Yeshurun (may his…
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Blanca Yeshurun
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1651
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The Twentieth day of may in the yeare one Thousand and Seven hundred & Eight I Esther Browne of New York widdow Being Sick in Body, Butt of good and Perfect Memory, Thancks be to almighty god and…
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Esther Browne
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)
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1708
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In the name of God Amen I Judith Baruh Alvares of the parish of Port Royal in the island of Jamaica widow being in an ill state of health but of sound mind and disposing memory thanks be to my eternal…
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Judith Baruh Alvares
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Port Royal, British America and the British West Indies (Port Royal, Jamaica)
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1732