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To the Lilliputians and to the Giants
Translated and adapted from Jonathan Swift by Alexandre Benghiat.
The prince of that place, who saw and liked me, bought me from my master, and I was taken to…
Contributor:
Alexander Benghiat
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1903–1904
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This is the frontispiece of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the Hebrew text of…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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We gratefully acknowledge the signs of munificence shown to us by His Majesty’s government which has officially licensed our periodical, Sha‘are mizraḥ. We understand that this benevolence of His…
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Rafael Uziel
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1846
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Notice, dear readers, that one of the foundations of Judaism is the belief (אמונה) in השארת הנפש, the abidingness of the soul, which means the immortality of the soul, for a person’s soul does not die…
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Ḥayim Shaki
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1899
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In the Name of God, May We Endeavor and Succeed.
I Behold God before my Eyes at All Times.
A Dedication to My Master, My Father, May He Live Forever.
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Elisha ben Samuel
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1684