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In the year 303 [1543], Joseph Catalan claimed that he had married his betrothed Regina, daughter of Moses Ḥayim, on Yom Kippur in front of the gate of her father’s courtyard, by giving her a shawl…
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Joseph Ibn Lev
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1567
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Azrikam grew in his father’s house like a thorn, becoming uglier as he grew. Tamar, however, grew more beautiful day by day. The contrast between these two children was not only noticeable in their…
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Abraham Mapu
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1853
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Reuben spoke in the marketplace with two men, inviting them to come to his house for the purpose of giving them the monies accrued from a business partnership, and they entered his house…
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Yom Tov ben Israel Jacob Algazi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1800
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Artist Unknown
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17th Century
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Peter Fehr
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1717
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And now, you, my brethren, my people of holy communities in all the places you live, for several years I have been unable to send you reproaches and words of ethics and righteousness. . . . And since…
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Samuel ha-Levi Barazani
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Barazan, Ottoman Empire
(Barazan, Iran)
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17th Century
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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
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Johannes Buxtorf, Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy
(Basel, Switzerland)
Date:
1603
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Question 4: Reuben, a young Torah scholar from the city of Tiberias, contracted a marital arrangement with Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Jacob, from the city of Sepphoris. This is the text of the…
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Joseph Katzabi
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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Zimro, the son of Tovas [ . . . ] was very good-looking, highly intelligent, and a scholar. Now, the king loved him more than any other member of the royal household. He was the leading figure at…
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Anonymous
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1580/1585
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And how crude he was with me! He wants to arrange with Papa to marry me! How do you like that? I’d like to meet the man who’ll force me to marry someone! No! No father can do that—I…
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Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
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Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1796