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Since animals do not use these faculties [strength, speed, or cunning] for the purpose of [gaining] their livelihood, this shows that that which a man does with the strength of his body, and the sweat…
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Judah Loew
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1599
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Wife of Menahem Levi Meshullami Simḥah
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1680/1
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I maintain that this megilah [scroll] is nothing other than a disputation of the people of the diaspora, those exiled in the bitter and impetuous [see Habakkuk 1:6] captivity of this host [see Obadiah…
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Moses Alsheikh
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1591
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The first “finger” is called Or Torah (The Light of Torah), as it consists of my notes on the Torah. Now, these notes will be useful for all people, but will provide their fullest benefit only to…
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Menaḥem di Lonzano
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1618
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If the Lord shepherds me in the wilderness,
I will find that my cup runs over for me
With vines, fig trees, and pomegranates;
There my soul will be satisfied and live.
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Zante, Republic of Venice (Zakynthos, Greece)
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Before 1719
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“An accepted custom in Israel has the status of a biblical command” [see Tosafot on b. Menaḥot 20b], and we are required to study it [see, e.g., b. Megillah 28a], in order to…
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Abraham Samuel of Venice
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1719
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Zimro, the son of Tovas [ . . . ] was very good-looking, highly intelligent, and a scholar. Now, the king loved him more than any other member of the royal household. He was the leading figure at…
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Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
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1580/1585
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The words of a pure woman “more precious than rubies”
whose wish is to attend to studies,
and her name is the gentle Dinah:
She seeks counsel from the wise
for she fears lest her honor may everywhere…
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Samuel Archevolti
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1553
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1568
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On the preservation of one’s health when going to sleep and upon awakening. Our master, of blessed memory, wrote the following in laws 4 and 5 [Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Sefer ha-mada, hilkhot de‘ot…
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Ioannes Aloysius Foppa de Rota, Jacob Tsahalon
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1683