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R. Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah ‘Akrish, may he rest in peace, from exile in Spain and Naples, said that he would not receive the proud waters [of baptism; see Psalms 124:5], and was driven out…
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Isaac Akrish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1575–1578
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Jacob Huli
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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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…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1712
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A book titled in Ladino Obligasyon de los korazones [Duty of the Hearts] because it is translated from a text written by the pious gaon, our master Baḥya the judge, of blessed…
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Iehudah Machabeu
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
16th Century
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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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Anonymous
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1510
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And it happened that one day, the sons of Jacob went to graze their sheep in Shechem, for they still grazed in Shechem in those days. And when the sons of Jacob were grazing their flock in Shechem…
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Anonymous
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Turkey)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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Here is a song that I created,
well composed and uncomplicated;
you can call it a song or call it a dirge.
I’d like to tell you some of my troubles:
some men have problems by…
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ḥayim Yom-Tob Magula
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1739
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He will surely come with songs of joy, carrying the child, in the full assembly. My friends, wait here for the bridegroom of blood.
He should be coming down the road. Why is the child so late? You…
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Joseph Bibas
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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To the wheel that turns the river’s waters
And brings them upward from the flowing deep,
I sing this song, a song to banish sorrow.
For all who love and cherish and desire
The ways of poetry and…
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Solomon Mazal Tov
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
mid 16th Century