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We, the elders and leaders of the village of Hasköy, have signed below on the advice of our teacher, the rabbi, may he enjoy a long life. Whereas, there are in this village of ours an association of…
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The Confraternity of Boatmen in Hasköy, Istanbul
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Hasköy, Ottoman Empire (Hasköy, Turkey)
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1708
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Anton Schoonjans
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Berlin, Holy Roman Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1702
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This is the text of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, and Shethar-boze-nai and his colleagues, the officials of Beyond the River, sent to King Darius…
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Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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In view of the fact that many interfere with their neighbors’ vested rights to have sole privilege of lending money at interest in certain localities, and very often the agency of the non-Jewish…
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The Jewish Communities of Cremona, Venice, and Rome
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Cremona, Spanish Empire (Cremona, Italy)
Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
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1582
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We, the young ones of the flock, the holy flock here in Izmir, declare: whereas several…
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The Jewish Community of Izmir
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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First Third of the 17th Century
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My beloved wife Esther Sheindel, may you live long, since we, on account of our affection, once made a pact, as it were, that if one of us dies, the other should implore God’s mercy for the other to…
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Johann Conrad Weiss, Naphtali ha-Kohen Katz
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ca. 1718
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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
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David of Makev
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Maków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
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ca. 1798
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At a meeting of the Elders and Parnassim this day Mr Heyman Levy paid the fine for refusing serving Parnass Last year, it was at the same time voted by…
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Shearith Israel
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
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1757–1758