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This book was printed in Belvedere, outside Constantinople, by Reina Nasi, the daughter of Gracia Nasi, and widow of Joseph. She was the first Jewish woman to establish her own press.
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Doña Reina Mendes
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
ca. 1593–1595
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Good words of the society of orphan girls of Izmir. In the Name of the Holy One, regulations and new ordinances established for the good governance and with worthy dissemination, with which we must…
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The Dotar (Provision of Dowries for Poor Brides) Confraternity of Izmir
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Türkiye)
Date:
1644
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Sarah Soncino, who died in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) in 1735, was a member of the prominent Soncino family, which established a printing press there in 1530, one in a long line of…
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
1735
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These are the conditions for a proper wife so that she will be cherished by her husband, so that he will not come to set his…
Contributor:
Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Türkiye)
Date:
1712
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[Hebrew:] We the undersigned, when the honorable old lady, Sra. Blanca, widow of R. Daniel Yeshurun (may his…
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Blanca Yeshurun
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
ca. 1651
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Question 4: Reuben, a young Torah scholar from the city of Tiberias, contracted a marital arrangement with Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Jacob, from the city of Sepphoris. This is the text of the…
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Joseph Katzabi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century