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It was not without hesitation that I accepted the kind invitation extended to me to deliver the Zunz Lecture of this year. Greatly as I appreciated the honor conferred upon me, I did not find it an…
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Louis Ginzberg
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1920
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Artist Unknown
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Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran
(Isfahan, Iran)
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1887
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Anonymous
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
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1648
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Says Moses, son to my Master, my father, R. Israel—may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing for the world to come—seeing that the illustrious author [Joseph Karo] of the Bet Yosef [Th…
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Joseph Karo, Moses Isserles, Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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ca. 1570
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Question: I will inform you regarding my opinion on the fruit called al bun, and about kahve [coffee], which is the broth brewed from the husks of that fruit, and which is drunk by non-Jews, whether…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
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Mid–16th Century
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Eliah Forli
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1614, 1623
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Behold, I am aged and gray-headed—I know not the day of my death [see Genesis 27:2]! And when am I going to provide for my own house (Genesis 30:30), which I built, and for my children…
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Joel Sirkes
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1631–1640
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[ . . . ] And all the more so with our brethren the people of Israel who come from the lands of the dispersion, who do not know and have not seen the way in which every person called by the name of…
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Samuel Aboab
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1650
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A King had many natural sons, whom he handed over to lords and princes, his vassals, to rear and feed, and he had another legitimate son whom he greatly loved, and brought him up with him in his…
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Josua da Silva
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London, Kingdom of England
(London, United Kingdom)
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1670–1679
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But when we live in houses of hewn stone…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
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1744