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Derashot (Sermons)
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And now I will reveal to you why we call the Sabbath before Passover “the Great Sabbath.” Know that the minister of Egypt is Aries [the ram], and Scorpio, which is with Aries, and its angel is Samael…

Contributor:

Solomon Molkho

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy)

Date:

First Quarter of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Sermons, Sabbath, Mysticism, Passover, Messianism, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography
Chronicle on the Death of Sultan Osman II and the Reigns of Mustafa and Murad
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Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

1622–1624

Subjects:

Monarchy, Antisemitism, Blood libel, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts