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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Lesser Presence;
the Ancient Eminence and Field of Apples
assemble…
Contributor:
Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg, Isaac Luria
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1565
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed,
[May] your life [be] long,
[May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead,
[May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.
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The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan
Places:
Zakho, Ottoman Empire (Zakho, Iraq)
Date:
17th Century
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Even though the fifteenth of the month of Shevat is during the period of shovevim, one does not fast, for it is the New Year’s Day for fruit trees. And with the tikkun [mystical repair] performed on…
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Unknown
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1731/32
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Meat strengthens the body and provides it better nourishment than the other foods. Right after slaughtering it is very good and useful, but old meat is one of the causes of illness. The hard meat of…
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David de Silva
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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Various eggplant recipes have been passed down to us.
the first is one inherited from the late Morena:
you cut it into slices and throw them into the main dish
for that is how she was taught her by…
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Unknown
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire
Date:
16th Century
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The man should not purchase meat until he has taken counsel with his wife to see which type of meat she wants him to take, so that the wife cannot later say that it is dark meat…
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Eliezer Shem-Tov Papo
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Silistra, Ottoman Empire (Silistra, Bulgaria)
Date:
1872–1874
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The king assigned them portions of food and wine, each day on its day, from the king’s food and wine. They were to raise [the boys] three years; afterwards some of them would stand before the king…
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Samuel de Valerio
Places:
Chalandritsa, Ottoman Empire (Chalandritsa, Greece)
Date:
1580
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“It is only because the Lord was with us,”
says the old Israel;
in You lies holiness,
Israel’s praises.
“It is only because the Lord was with us,”
You elevated us above other men,
You saved us from…
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Abraham Toledo
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Date:
1732
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Prepare the feast
of perfect faith,
the delight of the Holy King.
Prepare the feast of the King.
This is the feast
of the Ancient Eminence;
the Lesser Presence and Field of Apples
assemble…
Contributor:
Isaac Luria
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1565
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This is a short compendium of the sheḥitot [rules for kosher slaughter] taken from Rabbenu Moshe [Maimonides] and Rabbenu Ya‘akob [Jacob ben Asher], without any errors about what is required, and with…
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Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1510