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Says Moses, son of my master, our teacher R. Jacob Albelda:
My soul, my spirit, and my breath render most copious thanks, tenfold, unto the Lord of all things, may He be blessed and magnified, for all…
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Moses Albelda
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Before 1583
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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai,
you were anointed
by your brethren with the oil of joy:
Bar Yohai,
with the oil of a sacred share
you were anointed through holy measure,
sanctity’s bud you wore…
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Simeon Ibn Lavi
Places:
Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
16th Century
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Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth [see Micah 6:2] the lament of my beloved for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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Question: The holy community of Rhodes (may their Rock protect and sustain them) agreed and accepted upon themselves, under the threat of very severe penalties, that no member of Israel—not Sargons n…
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David Ibn Abi Zimra
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
Mid–16th Century
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…
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David Conforte
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1678
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If you prostrate yourself over the graves of the righteous, you need to have the proper intention, so that through your prostration, you will cause the soul of that righteous person to…
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Isaac Luria
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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One who uses the Ineffable Name in this world will have a great punishment, and the reason for this is that he mentions holy letters in impurity, and combines that which is holy with that which is…
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Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1549
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Menachem Vivante (b. 1650) was a rabbi in Corfu in the eighteenth century and a member of a prominent merchant family. In this oil portrait, painted when he was eighty-five years old, he is depicted…
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Artist Unknown
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
Date:
1735
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Rabbi Yose said: I was once traveling on a road, and I entered one of the ruins of Jerusalem to pray. Elijah [the prophet], who is remembered for good, came and waited for me at the entrance [of the…
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Jacob Ibn ḥabib
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1516
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There is a matter well known and widely publicized among all those who have come through the gates of our city, Constantinople [Istanbul], may God preserve it. . . . [I]t occurred about two years…
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Isaac Akrish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1858