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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
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Samuel Ibn Danan
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1724
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O my creator! Pay heed to the servant that knocks at your doors; open up for him the entrance to the lintel of your dwelling place.
As he lifts up his eyes to you, may his supplication, his cries…
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Jacob Ibn Tsur
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
Beginning of the 18th Century
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I will describe only a little of the suffering undergone by the exiles, some of whom entered the kingdom of Fez by the grace of the great king, one of the righteous men of the nations of the world…
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Abraham Ardutiel
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1510
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I have found written in the handwriting of the sage, our master, the crown and glory that rests upon our heads, the perfect sage and excellent judge, who is modest and happy in all his affairs. His…
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Ibn Danan Family
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1616
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Since there have been a great many requests about matters of taxes, and the gates of wealth and influence are limited, and we have seen that the…
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The Sephardic Community of Fez
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1691
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And therefore, with that, I, the young man, said that I will make a little book of my “Hymns for the Cantor with My Tunes” for the public benefit. Perhaps the one who makes use of them will do so for…
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Moses Ibn Tsur
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1712
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When I was in Castile in the city of Zamora, tranquil and secure in my abode, I set my mind to inquire and explore matters of Torah and began to compose a book yielding lovely…
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Abraham Saba
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Ksar el-Kebir, Kingdom of Morocco (Ksar El Kebir, Morocco)
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ca. 1500
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All my bones say: O Lord, who is like you?
My palate speaks your praise, O my Rock, my Redeemer, my King;
You bring light to my darkness and bring me out of destruction.
The…
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna, Jacob Ibn Tsur
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Fez, Kingdom of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
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Beginning of the 18th Century