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Seder Eliyahu zuta (The Minor Order of Elijah)
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the Sultan…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1523

Subjects:

Monarchy, Conversion, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations
Paraḥ mateh Aharon (The Staff of Aaron Had Sprouted)
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The rich and honorable Moshe haCohen, resident of the city Castoria may God protect it, says as follows: he has been given a bad wife, and that during their marital life…

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Aaron ha-Kohen Peraḥia

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1701

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Divorce, Nonmonogamy, Muslim-Jewish relations, Journalism, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Law, Responsa, Reportage
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer & liturgy, Muslim-Jewish relations, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts
The Coveted City: Salonika
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The city modernizes more and more. One hardly sees those baggy, dark, unsightly breeches of old, the ones that Muslims, Christians, and poor Jews still wore in the middle of the last century. Until…

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Joseph Nehama

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Cities, Dress, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Class

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Historical writing