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First, we will describe how to travel from one’s land to Israel. There are many ways by which one can travel. One route is from Venice and another is from the city of Ofen [Budapest], but there is no…
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Gershon ha-Levi of Prague
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1634/35
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After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…
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Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti
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Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)
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1741
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1638
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16th Century
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I lowered the window more and let the wind wash my face. As often happens when you stand at the window of a fast-moving train, a speck of dirt flew into my eye, and both eyes began to tear.
I had…
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Friedrich Gorenstein
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West-Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
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1988
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Bruce Davidson
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New York, United States of America
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1980
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Mark Markov-Grinberg
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1953
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Abraham Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
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1855
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The Forward
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1898
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Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…
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Moses Basola
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Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)
Date:
1521–1523