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The inventory of the goods belonging to Philadelphia Jewish merchant Nathan Levy includes religious books in Judeo-Spanish, as well as numerous secular classical books and musical instruments
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Nathan Levy
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies (Philadelphia, United States of America)
Date:
1753
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Schedule of Lectures and Cl[asses] at the Courses of Oriental StudiesDaysTimesSubjectsLecturersSaturday8–?History of the Oral Torah [i.e., early rabbinic literature]Dr. L. S. KatsenelsonSunday8–10 a.m…
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Zalman Shazar
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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½ (panu) to Jehoiachin, king of Ju[dah]
2 ½ qu to the five sons of the king of Judah
4 qu to 8 Judeans, ½ [qu each]
1 ½ qu to three carpenters from Arvad, ½ qu each
½ panu 1 ½ qu to eight carpenters…
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Babylon, Babylonian Empire (Babylon, Iraq)
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592 BCE
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Israelites in Assyrian Exile (last third of eighth century BCE):
Ahiyau, an “archer,” Nineveh
Hoshea, a slave, Nineveh (680 BCE)
Neriyau, “chief of accounts,” Gozan
Paqaha (Pekah), an estate manager…
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730–534 BCE
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The Chaldeans broke up the bronze columns of the House of the Lord, the stands, and the bronze tank that was in the House of the Lord; and they carried the bronze away to Babylon. They also took…
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Biblical Period
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Amo]s son of Ahiel, the rag shredder
. . . ya]hu son of Hasadyahu, the sil[ver] collector
. . . ]yahu [son of Ye]dayahu the [silver] collector
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s…
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City of David, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
7th Century BCE
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Roster: Berekyahu
Gibbeah
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Shelemyahu
Translated by Anson F. Rainey from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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Tel ‘Ira, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Ira, Israel)
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8th–7th Century BCE
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During his life, Samuel Abbas amassed an impressive library that included 1,136 books in different languages—Latin (more than four hundred works), Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, and…
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Samuel Abbas
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1693
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Setting up a kosher home is not at all difficult once one gets the hang of what one is and is not allowed to do and eat. There is sometimes an unfortunate tendency among those just beginning to keep…
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The Jewish Catalog
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1973
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[Title Page]
And You Shall Cook and Eat (Deuteronomy 16:7)
Livre de Cuisines [Cookbook]
This book concerns all types of foods, appropriate for rich and poor, for holidays and other days. The composer…
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Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)
Date:
1900