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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1520
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With God’s Help.
From one generation to the next, our ancestors have removed obstacles from the path of the people so that they not unwittingly stumble into sin [Isa 57:14], particularly [with respect…
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Isaiah Bassan
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1720
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Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1520/3
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And thus was finished the book Petah Debarai
In the name of the living God my redeemer and rock
In the year of the creation 306
On the 29th day of Tishri
Edited by the Hebrew grammarian
Elijah the…
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Cornelio Adelkind
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1546
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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do
because of what just happened when I went out with a few
good friends to take a walk in town, this lovely Sabbath day.
We joined a crowd of rowdy…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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17th Century
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These are the statutes created by the entire association of the Jews of Rome—Italian and foreigners—organized by Daniel da…
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Daniel da Pisa
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1524
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Thus saith the humble Jacob ben Chajim ben Isaac Ibn Adonijah: “He entereth in peace, where the righteous rest upon their couches, who walked in uprightness.”
Praised be the Creator, who exists and…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1525
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…
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Moses Maimonides, Cornelio Adelkind, Judah Lerma
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Sabbioneta, Republic of Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1554
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Isaac ben Samuel Bassan, Giacomo Rufinelli
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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In this chapter, the prophet speaks mainly of life and spiritual death, and your scholars concede this, as is seen in Nicolão de Lira’s exposition on the same chapter. And thus, you await greater…
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Elijah Montalto
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Livorno, Duchy of Tuscany (Livorno, Italy)
Venice, Republic of Venice
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Early 17th Century