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Kore’ ha-dorot (Reader for the Generations)
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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…

Contributor:

David Conforte

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1678

Subjects:

Rabbis, Yeshiva, Education, Charity, Kabbalah

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Donors to YHW and Other Deities, from Elephantine
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On the 3rd of Phamenoth, year 5. This is (= these are) the names of the Jewish garrison who gave silver to YHW the God, each person silver, [2] shekels— Meshull[em]eth daughter of Gemar[ia]h son of…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

400 BCE

Subjects:

Charity, Monotheism, Diaspora

Categories:

Lists & catalogues