Primary Texts Index
The "imprimatur" by Isaac de Lattes
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
1. Rules for the expurgation of the Hebrew Books
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
2. Report regarding Hebrew Books sent by the Reverend Father Inquisitor
Ciro Yaghel, 1624
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
3. Commentary by R. Salomon [Rashi] on the laws
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
4. Testimony by Aaron Berechia da Modena
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
Abraham Klausner, Minhagim
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
The Awakening of a Living Man
Translated by: Shuki Ecker, Tel Aviv University
Book of Customs (MS Frankfurt hebr. oct. 227)
Translated by: Lucia Raspe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Book of Customs (MS Oxford Can. Or. 12)
Anonymous, 1553
Translated by: Lucia Raspe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
The Book of Rabbi Mordecai
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
Bull of Sixtus IV
Pope Sixtus IV, 1478
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
The Collecion of the Words of the Lord spoken in Bruenn
Translated by: Pawel Maciejko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A Comedy of Betrothal
Leone de Sommi, mid-sixteenth century
Translated by: Roni Weinstein, University of Pisa
Communal Decision of June 8, 1606 in Pisa
Pinkas Pisa, 1606
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [50])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [90])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [91])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Community Records of Mainz (1754)
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Community Statutes of Ühlfeld
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Compendium of Memorial Prayers
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (1): Resolution by the Mahamad of the congregation Shaar Hashamayim of London, 8 July 1705- 16 tammuz 5465.
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (2): A letter to the parnassim of Kahal Kados Beraha Vesalom in Surinam by Abraham da Costa, 1723
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (3): Letters from the Amsterdam parnassim to Bordeaux and Safed, 1728
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (4): A letter from the Amsterdam parnassim to their financial agent in London, Francisco Pereyra, 1733.
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (5): A Letter from Amsterdam to Ferrara on behalf of Polish Jews, 1753
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
A Court Official's Personal Record Book
Hayyim Gundersheim Dayyan, 1774
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Court record from Lublin Castle (1533)
Translated by: Jerzy Mazur, Towson University - Baltimore Hebrew Institute
The court records of istanbul
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Cracow Community Ordinance of 5355
Community Constitution, 1595
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Criminal Trial Concerning the Innocent Child Jan Krosnowski
Stefan Żuchowski, 1713?
Translated by: Magda Teter
The Custom book of R. Juspa of Worms
Juspa of Worms, 17th century
Translated by: Rachel Furst
Darkei Noam (Pleasant Ways)
Mordekhai haLevi, 17th century
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Decree banning Jewish commerce in Strassburg
Bernhart Wurbmser the Knight, the Mayor and Council of Strassburg, 1530
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
A Decree by the Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,
Court Records, 1700
Translated by: Magda Teter
Decree of the Hamburg Senate in Response to Josel Joseph Jonas' Petition
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Decree of the Lithuanian Tribunal against the Kahal of Minsk
Lithuanian Tribunal, 1711
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
A Decree of the Lithuanian Tribunal concerning Jews in Brest
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Divine Warnings against the Vain Idolatry of the Gentiles
Translated by: Adam Sutcliffe, King's College London
Divrei Bina (Understanding Words) by Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów
Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów, 1800
Translated by: Gershon Hundert, McGill University
Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites
Probate Court in Vienna, 1730s
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
The Ethical Will of R. Naphtali Ha-Kohen Katz
Translated by: Avriel Bar-Levav, The Open University of Israel
Exhortation to those who fear the Lord, not to fall into sin due to lack of understanding of the precepts of his Holy Law.
Translated by: Anne Albert, University of Pennsylvania
The Expulsion of the Marranos From Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Extended Privilege Granted to the Jews of Great Poland
King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk, 1453
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
The First Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Formulae of a Jewish Maid’s Marriage Contract (ketubah)
Itzhak Zabakh, 1635
Translated by: Ruth Lamdan, Tel Aviv University
The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve
Hayyim Vital, 1570s
Translated by: Lawrence Fine, Mount Holyoke College
The Glory of Youth
Pinhas Baruch Monselice, Mid seventeenth century
Translated by: Roni Weinstein, University of Pisa
Haag Jewish Community Minute Book
Pinkas, 1723-1798
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Havvot Yair, Responsum 66
Yair Hayyim Bacharach, 1699
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Havvot Yair, Responsum 73
Yair Bacharach, 1699
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Hayim Joseph David Azulai's Ma'agal Tov (The Good Journey, 1770s)
Hayim Joseph David Azulai, 1770s
Translated by: Yaacob Dweck, Princeton University
Here follow the names of the Hebrew authors and books which Andreas Masius used in writing these commentaries
Translated by: Theodor Dunkelgrün, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
A History of Sicily in Twenty (parts)
Translated by: Nadia Zeldes, The Hebrew University, Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
Images of Jewish Display Silver
Translated by: Vivian Mann, Jewish Museum/Jewish Theological Seminary
Images of the Jewish Wedding
Translated by: Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Inquisition file of Lope de Vera y Alarcón
Translated by: Miriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin
Inventory of the belongings of Lazaro Nantua
Translated by: Flora Cassen, New York University
Inventory of the possessions of the licentiate Francisco Maldonado de Silva
Translated by: Miriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin
Inventory of the Property of Leon Modena
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Inventory of the Property of the Late Daniel Rodrigha
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Isaac’s Fear
Isaac Lampronti, early eighteenth century
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Israel Avenged
Translated by: Adam Sutcliffe, King's College London
Jacob Emden's Megilat Sefer (The Scroll of the Book)
Translated by: Jacob Schacter, Yeshiva University
The Jampol Community and Town Privilege
Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, 1711, 1753
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Jewish Settlement in Livorno
Atti Civili del Ufficio di governatore di Livorno, 1605, 1610
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
The Jewish Synagogue
Johannes Buxtorf, 1603
Translated by: Alan D. Corré
Keshet U-Magen
Simeon ben Zemah Duran, 14th - 15th centuries
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Letter (Privilege) with the Royal Seal Presented by Rabbi Schachno from the Lublin's Suburb
Translated by: Jerzy Mazur, Towson University - Baltimore Hebrew Institute
Letter by Podesta of Gavi
Translated by: Flora Cassen, New York University
Letter from Jerusalem
Obadiah of Bertinoro, 1488
Translated by: Elliott Horowitz, Bar-Ilan University
Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of Strasbourg
Josel of Rosheim, 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of the city of Strasbourg
Josel of Rosheim, ca 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter from Lazarus of Surbourg to the magistrates of Hagenau
Lazarus of Surbourg, 1575
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter of Josel Joseph Jonas to the Senate in Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
A Letter to Chief Rabbi Raffael Natan Tedesco of Trieste
Relle Luzzatto Morschene, January 24, 1794
Translated by: Lois Dubin, Smith College
Letter to L.A. Muratori (December 22, 1724)
Translated by: Francesca Bregoli, Queens College of the City University of New York
Letter to L.A. Muratori (November 20, 1733)
Translated by: Francesca Bregoli, Queens College of the City University of New York
The Letters of Bella Perlhefter
Bella Perlhefter, 1674-75
Translated by: Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College, CUNY, New York
Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides)
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
Light for the Evening
Translated by: Pawel Maciejko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The lips of those who are asleep
Translated by: Avriel Bar-Levav, The Open University of Israel
Marriage Contract Between Abraham Jacob and Sara Kassell
Abraham Jacob, November 25, 1754
Translated by: Tom Safley
The Meeting of The Holy Council [of the Lithuanian Land] at Mir, November-December 1751
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Memorial Prayers from the Pinkas Synagogue, Prague
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Merciful and benevolent children of Israel
Translated by: Shalhevet Dotan-Ofir, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Minhat Yehuda
Yehuda Hayat, 1558
Translated by: Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Minute Book of the Congregation Shearith Israel in New York (1730-1760)
Translated by: Eli Faber, Emeritus, John Jay College (CUNY)
Minute book of the Jewish Community in Frankfurt on the Oder
Translated by: Cornelia Aust, University of Pennsylvania
Minutes Book of the Council of the Jewish Community of Padua 1577-1603
Jewish Community of Padua, Italy, 1582
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Mitpahat Sefarim
Yakov Emden, 1769
Translated by: Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Mysterium: About the Conversion of the Jews
Elias Schadeus, 1592
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
On the Origins and History of Palermo
Translated by: Nadia Zeldes, The Hebrew University, Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
The Order of Women's Commandments
Benjamin Slonik, 1577
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Ordinance from the Pinkas of the Jewish Community in Poznań
Pinkas, 1686
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Paolo Sarpi, the Venetian Consultore in Iure, on the case of Simon Gomez
Paolo Sarpi, 1616
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Petition of Jewish Merchants of Pisa to Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II
Moise Sulema, Jacob Levi, Raffaele Coen, Abram Penso and Abram de Luscena, 1618
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Petition of the Jewish Elders of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Pinkas Shamash Altona
Translated by: Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College, CUNY, New York
Praises Which Zealous [Men] Dedicated to the Wonderful Memory of Abraham Nunez Bernal, Who was Burned Alive Sanctifying the Name of his Creator in Cordova on May 3rd 5415 [=1655]
Translated by: Limor Mintz-Manor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Privilege and Statute of Maria Theresia
Maria Theresia, 1771
Translated by: Lois Dubin, Smith College
Privilege for the Jews of Lwów
Marek Matczyński, March 21, 1692
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Privilege for the Jews of the Przemyśl Region and Rus'
Stefan Czarniecki, March 17, 1660
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Translated by: Todd Endelman, University of Michigan
Protocol of Altona Jewish Court
Translated by: Noa Shashar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Reasons for the Commandments concerning “Be Fruitful and Multiply”
Hayyim Vital, 1570s
Translated by: Lawrence Fine, Mount Holyoke College
Records of the Metz Beit Din
Court Records, (1771-1789)
Translated by: Jay Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts
The Regulations for the Jews of Amsterdam (1616)
Translated by: Miriam Bodian and Wijnie de Groot
Regulations of the Jewish Council in Jaroslaw
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Responsa Be'er Yitzhak
Yitzhak ben Avraham, before 1685
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Responsa Maharshal No. 14
Maharshal (Solomon Luria), 16th-17th century
Translated by: Elimelekh Westreich
Responsa Maharshal No. 65
מהרש''ל -שלמה לוריא, 16th-17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School
Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Responsa of Rabbi Azriel Diena
Azriel Diena, 1528
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Responsum 257
Samuel Aboab, 17th Century
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland
Responsum 86 Masa'at Binyamin and the Ordinances of the Council of Lithuania
Benjamin Slonik and Council of Lithuania, 1632, 1637, 1650
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Responsum She'elot u'Teshuvot Hakham Zvi no. 6
Hakham Zvi Ashkenazi, 1699
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland
Respuesta A Un Cavallero Frances
Orobio de Castro, 17th century
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Roaring Lion
Translated by: Yaacob Dweck, Princeton University
A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar
Isaac de Lattes, 1558
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
The Second Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Sefer Be'er Sheva (Book of Seven Springs, 1690s)
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Sefer Ha-Heshek
Hillel Baal Shem, 1739
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
Sefer ha-Hezyonot (Book of Visions)
Translated by: Morris Faeirstein, revised by Assaf Tamari
Sefer Zikhronot-Book of Remembrances
Samuel Aboab, 1650
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Sefer `Ets Hayyim
Hayyim Vital, 1572
Translated by: by Menahem Kallus and Brian Ogren
Sermons Which were Delivered by the Talented Gentlemen of the Kahal Kadosh [=holy congregation] Talmud Torah, in this city of Amsterdam, in the happy opening, and public celebration of the building that was dedicated to God, as a house of prayer, for which festivities commenced on Sabath Nahamu. . Year 5435 [=1675].
Translated by: Limor Mintz-Manor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
She'elot u-Teshuvot Yakhin u-Vo'az
Zemah ben Shlomo Duran, 15th century
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
Shem Tov Soporto
Notaries, 16th century
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
Shlomo Lutzker's Introduction to Magid Devarav Le-Ya'akov: Likutei Amarim
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
The Shtetl in Context
Translated by: Thomas Hubka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Shulhan `arukh
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Shulkhan Arukh, Glosses by Moses Isserles
Moses Isserles, 2nd half of the 16th century, 1st half of the 17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School
Siftei Kohen-The Priest's Lips
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Supplication
Bunim Szlomowicz, 18th Century
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Supplication of Josel Josef Jonas of Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Supplication of Samuel Ullman to Emperor Ferdinand II in case of restitution ct. the Landgraf Wilhelm of Leuchtenberg, s. D.
Translated by: Barbara Staudinger, Institute for Jewish History in Austria
Supplication of the Franconian Jews to Emperor Maximilian II in case of a ritual murder accusation, s. D.
Translated by: Barbara Staudinger, Institute for Jewish History in Austria
Taverns and Public Drinking in Florence
Public Records, 1571, 1608
Translated by: Stefanie Siegmund, University of Michigan
Testament 128
Translated by: Stefanie Siegmund, Jewish Theological Seminary
Tract on the Jews
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
Trial of Francisco Martínez, apothocary, resident of Deza
Translated by: Sara Nalle, William Paterson University
Trial of Gaspar de San Clemente
Translated by: Sara Nalle, William Paterson University
The Triumph of Popular Government
Daniel Levi (a.k.a. Miguel) de Barrios, 1683
Translated by: Anne Albert, University of Pennsylvania
Tsene Rene
Translated by: Shlomo Berger, University of Amsterdam
Turei Zahab-The Golden Columns
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Two Cases of Apostasy in Dubno in 1716
Records of the Court in Dubno, 1716
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Two criminal cases in the court of the city of Lublin
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Voice of a Fool
Anonymous (attributed to Leone Modena), 1623
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Will of David Theodore [Todros] Kozuchowski
David Todros Kozuchowski, 1647
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
Wonderful, adventuresome and highly comical stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg in Mesopotamia beyond Utopia
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wonderful, strange, entertaining and amusing stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wonderful, strange, entertaining and highly comical stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Woodstruck Deed
Judah b. Shabbatai, 1544
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
`Emeq haBakh'a
Yosef Ha-Cohen, 1575
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
1. Rules for the expurgation of the Hebrew Books
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
2. Report regarding Hebrew Books sent by the Reverend Father Inquisitor
Ciro Yaghel, 1624
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
3. Commentary by R. Salomon [Rashi] on the laws
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
4. Testimony by Aaron Berechia da Modena
Translated by: Federica Francesconi, University of California-Los Angeles
Abraham Klausner, Minhagim
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
The Awakening of a Living Man
Translated by: Shuki Ecker, Tel Aviv University
Book of Customs (MS Frankfurt hebr. oct. 227)
Translated by: Lucia Raspe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Book of Customs (MS Oxford Can. Or. 12)
Anonymous, 1553
Translated by: Lucia Raspe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
The Book of Rabbi Mordecai
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
Bull of Sixtus IV
Pope Sixtus IV, 1478
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
The Collecion of the Words of the Lord spoken in Bruenn
Translated by: Pawel Maciejko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A Comedy of Betrothal
Leone de Sommi, mid-sixteenth century
Translated by: Roni Weinstein, University of Pisa
Communal Decision of June 8, 1606 in Pisa
Pinkas Pisa, 1606
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [50])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [90])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Communal Logbook of Altona (CAHJP AHW 14 [91])
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Community Records of Mainz (1754)
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Community Statutes of Ühlfeld
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Compendium of Memorial Prayers
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (1): Resolution by the Mahamad of the congregation Shaar Hashamayim of London, 8 July 1705- 16 tammuz 5465.
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (2): A letter to the parnassim of Kahal Kados Beraha Vesalom in Surinam by Abraham da Costa, 1723
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (3): Letters from the Amsterdam parnassim to Bordeaux and Safed, 1728
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (4): A letter from the Amsterdam parnassim to their financial agent in London, Francisco Pereyra, 1733.
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Copiador de cartas/Letter copybook (5): A Letter from Amsterdam to Ferrara on behalf of Polish Jews, 1753
Translated by: Evelyne Oliel Grausz, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
A Court Official's Personal Record Book
Hayyim Gundersheim Dayyan, 1774
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Court record from Lublin Castle (1533)
Translated by: Jerzy Mazur, Towson University - Baltimore Hebrew Institute
The court records of istanbul
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Cracow Community Ordinance of 5355
Community Constitution, 1595
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Criminal Trial Concerning the Innocent Child Jan Krosnowski
Stefan Żuchowski, 1713?
Translated by: Magda Teter
The Custom book of R. Juspa of Worms
Juspa of Worms, 17th century
Translated by: Rachel Furst
Darkei Noam (Pleasant Ways)
Mordekhai haLevi, 17th century
Translated by: Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Decree banning Jewish commerce in Strassburg
Bernhart Wurbmser the Knight, the Mayor and Council of Strassburg, 1530
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
A Decree by the Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania,
Court Records, 1700
Translated by: Magda Teter
Decree of the Hamburg Senate in Response to Josel Joseph Jonas' Petition
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Decree of the Lithuanian Tribunal against the Kahal of Minsk
Lithuanian Tribunal, 1711
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
A Decree of the Lithuanian Tribunal concerning Jews in Brest
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Divine Warnings against the Vain Idolatry of the Gentiles
Translated by: Adam Sutcliffe, King's College London
Divrei Bina (Understanding Words) by Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów
Dov Ber Brezer (Birkenthal) of Bolechów, 1800
Translated by: Gershon Hundert, McGill University
Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites
Probate Court in Vienna, 1730s
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
The Ethical Will of R. Naphtali Ha-Kohen Katz
Translated by: Avriel Bar-Levav, The Open University of Israel
Exhortation to those who fear the Lord, not to fall into sin due to lack of understanding of the precepts of his Holy Law.
Translated by: Anne Albert, University of Pennsylvania
The Expulsion of the Marranos From Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Extended Privilege Granted to the Jews of Great Poland
King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk, 1453
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
The First Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Formulae of a Jewish Maid’s Marriage Contract (ketubah)
Itzhak Zabakh, 1635
Translated by: Ruth Lamdan, Tel Aviv University
The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve
Hayyim Vital, 1570s
Translated by: Lawrence Fine, Mount Holyoke College
The Glory of Youth
Pinhas Baruch Monselice, Mid seventeenth century
Translated by: Roni Weinstein, University of Pisa
Haag Jewish Community Minute Book
Pinkas, 1723-1798
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Havvot Yair, Responsum 66
Yair Hayyim Bacharach, 1699
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Havvot Yair, Responsum 73
Yair Bacharach, 1699
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Hayim Joseph David Azulai's Ma'agal Tov (The Good Journey, 1770s)
Hayim Joseph David Azulai, 1770s
Translated by: Yaacob Dweck, Princeton University
Here follow the names of the Hebrew authors and books which Andreas Masius used in writing these commentaries
Translated by: Theodor Dunkelgrün, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
A History of Sicily in Twenty (parts)
Translated by: Nadia Zeldes, The Hebrew University, Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
Images of Jewish Display Silver
Translated by: Vivian Mann, Jewish Museum/Jewish Theological Seminary
Images of the Jewish Wedding
Translated by: Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Inquisition file of Lope de Vera y Alarcón
Translated by: Miriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin
Inventory of the belongings of Lazaro Nantua
Translated by: Flora Cassen, New York University
Inventory of the possessions of the licentiate Francisco Maldonado de Silva
Translated by: Miriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin
Inventory of the Property of Leon Modena
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Inventory of the Property of the Late Daniel Rodrigha
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Isaac’s Fear
Isaac Lampronti, early eighteenth century
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Israel Avenged
Translated by: Adam Sutcliffe, King's College London
Jacob Emden's Megilat Sefer (The Scroll of the Book)
Translated by: Jacob Schacter, Yeshiva University
The Jampol Community and Town Privilege
Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, 1711, 1753
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Jewish Settlement in Livorno
Atti Civili del Ufficio di governatore di Livorno, 1605, 1610
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
The Jewish Synagogue
Johannes Buxtorf, 1603
Translated by: Alan D. Corré
Keshet U-Magen
Simeon ben Zemah Duran, 14th - 15th centuries
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Letter (Privilege) with the Royal Seal Presented by Rabbi Schachno from the Lublin's Suburb
Translated by: Jerzy Mazur, Towson University - Baltimore Hebrew Institute
Letter by Podesta of Gavi
Translated by: Flora Cassen, New York University
Letter from Jerusalem
Obadiah of Bertinoro, 1488
Translated by: Elliott Horowitz, Bar-Ilan University
Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of Strasbourg
Josel of Rosheim, 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of the city of Strasbourg
Josel of Rosheim, ca 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter from Lazarus of Surbourg to the magistrates of Hagenau
Lazarus of Surbourg, 1575
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
Letter of Josel Joseph Jonas to the Senate in Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
A Letter to Chief Rabbi Raffael Natan Tedesco of Trieste
Relle Luzzatto Morschene, January 24, 1794
Translated by: Lois Dubin, Smith College
Letter to L.A. Muratori (December 22, 1724)
Translated by: Francesca Bregoli, Queens College of the City University of New York
Letter to L.A. Muratori (November 20, 1733)
Translated by: Francesca Bregoli, Queens College of the City University of New York
The Letters of Bella Perlhefter
Bella Perlhefter, 1674-75
Translated by: Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College, CUNY, New York
Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides)
Translated by: Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
Light for the Evening
Translated by: Pawel Maciejko, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The lips of those who are asleep
Translated by: Avriel Bar-Levav, The Open University of Israel
Marriage Contract Between Abraham Jacob and Sara Kassell
Abraham Jacob, November 25, 1754
Translated by: Tom Safley
The Meeting of The Holy Council [of the Lithuanian Land] at Mir, November-December 1751
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Memorial Prayers from the Pinkas Synagogue, Prague
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Merciful and benevolent children of Israel
Translated by: Shalhevet Dotan-Ofir, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Minhat Yehuda
Yehuda Hayat, 1558
Translated by: Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Minute Book of the Congregation Shearith Israel in New York (1730-1760)
Translated by: Eli Faber, Emeritus, John Jay College (CUNY)
Minute book of the Jewish Community in Frankfurt on the Oder
Translated by: Cornelia Aust, University of Pennsylvania
Minutes Book of the Council of the Jewish Community of Padua 1577-1603
Jewish Community of Padua, Italy, 1582
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Mitpahat Sefarim
Yakov Emden, 1769
Translated by: Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Mysterium: About the Conversion of the Jews
Elias Schadeus, 1592
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University
On the Origins and History of Palermo
Translated by: Nadia Zeldes, The Hebrew University, Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
The Order of Women's Commandments
Benjamin Slonik, 1577
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Ordinance from the Pinkas of the Jewish Community in Poznań
Pinkas, 1686
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Paolo Sarpi, the Venetian Consultore in Iure, on the case of Simon Gomez
Paolo Sarpi, 1616
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Petition of Jewish Merchants of Pisa to Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II
Moise Sulema, Jacob Levi, Raffaele Coen, Abram Penso and Abram de Luscena, 1618
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Petition of the Jewish Elders of the Ashkenazi Synagogue in Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Pinkas Shamash Altona
Translated by: Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College, CUNY, New York
Praises Which Zealous [Men] Dedicated to the Wonderful Memory of Abraham Nunez Bernal, Who was Burned Alive Sanctifying the Name of his Creator in Cordova on May 3rd 5415 [=1655]
Translated by: Limor Mintz-Manor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Privilege and Statute of Maria Theresia
Maria Theresia, 1771
Translated by: Lois Dubin, Smith College
Privilege for the Jews of Lwów
Marek Matczyński, March 21, 1692
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Privilege for the Jews of the Przemyśl Region and Rus'
Stefan Czarniecki, March 17, 1660
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Translated by: Todd Endelman, University of Michigan
Protocol of Altona Jewish Court
Translated by: Noa Shashar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Reasons for the Commandments concerning “Be Fruitful and Multiply”
Hayyim Vital, 1570s
Translated by: Lawrence Fine, Mount Holyoke College
Records of the Metz Beit Din
Court Records, (1771-1789)
Translated by: Jay Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts
The Regulations for the Jews of Amsterdam (1616)
Translated by: Miriam Bodian and Wijnie de Groot
Regulations of the Jewish Council in Jaroslaw
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Responsa Be'er Yitzhak
Yitzhak ben Avraham, before 1685
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Responsa Maharshal No. 14
Maharshal (Solomon Luria), 16th-17th century
Translated by: Elimelekh Westreich
Responsa Maharshal No. 65
מהרש''ל -שלמה לוריא, 16th-17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School
Responsa of Rabbenu Nissim of Gerona
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Responsa of Rabbi Azriel Diena
Azriel Diena, 1528
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
Responsum 257
Samuel Aboab, 17th Century
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland
Responsum 86 Masa'at Binyamin and the Ordinances of the Council of Lithuania
Benjamin Slonik and Council of Lithuania, 1632, 1637, 1650
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Responsum She'elot u'Teshuvot Hakham Zvi no. 6
Hakham Zvi Ashkenazi, 1699
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland
Respuesta A Un Cavallero Frances
Orobio de Castro, 17th century
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Roaring Lion
Translated by: Yaacob Dweck, Princeton University
A ruling against rabbis who have sought to delay the printing of the Zohar
Isaac de Lattes, 1558
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
The Second Charter of the Levantine and Ponentine Jewish Merchants of Venice
Translated by: Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Sefer Be'er Sheva (Book of Seven Springs, 1690s)
Translated by: Rachel Greenblatt, Harvard University
Sefer Ha-Heshek
Hillel Baal Shem, 1739
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
Sefer ha-Hezyonot (Book of Visions)
Translated by: Morris Faeirstein, revised by Assaf Tamari
Sefer Zikhronot-Book of Remembrances
Samuel Aboab, 1650
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland
Sefer `Ets Hayyim
Hayyim Vital, 1572
Translated by: by Menahem Kallus and Brian Ogren
Sermons Which were Delivered by the Talented Gentlemen of the Kahal Kadosh [=holy congregation] Talmud Torah, in this city of Amsterdam, in the happy opening, and public celebration of the building that was dedicated to God, as a house of prayer, for which festivities commenced on Sabath Nahamu. . Year 5435 [=1675].
Translated by: Limor Mintz-Manor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
She'elot u-Teshuvot Yakhin u-Vo'az
Zemah ben Shlomo Duran, 15th century
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
Shem Tov Soporto
Notaries, 16th century
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
Shlomo Lutzker's Introduction to Magid Devarav Le-Ya'akov: Likutei Amarim
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
The Shtetl in Context
Translated by: Thomas Hubka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Shulhan `arukh
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Shulkhan Arukh, Glosses by Moses Isserles
Moses Isserles, 2nd half of the 16th century, 1st half of the 17th century
Translated by: Elimelech (Melech) Westreich, Tel Aviv University Law School
Siftei Kohen-The Priest's Lips
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Supplication
Bunim Szlomowicz, 18th Century
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa
Supplication of Josel Josef Jonas of Hamburg
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University
Supplication of Samuel Ullman to Emperor Ferdinand II in case of restitution ct. the Landgraf Wilhelm of Leuchtenberg, s. D.
Translated by: Barbara Staudinger, Institute for Jewish History in Austria
Supplication of the Franconian Jews to Emperor Maximilian II in case of a ritual murder accusation, s. D.
Translated by: Barbara Staudinger, Institute for Jewish History in Austria
Taverns and Public Drinking in Florence
Public Records, 1571, 1608
Translated by: Stefanie Siegmund, University of Michigan
Testament 128
Translated by: Stefanie Siegmund, Jewish Theological Seminary
Tract on the Jews
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University
Trial of Francisco Martínez, apothocary, resident of Deza
Translated by: Sara Nalle, William Paterson University
Trial of Gaspar de San Clemente
Translated by: Sara Nalle, William Paterson University
The Triumph of Popular Government
Daniel Levi (a.k.a. Miguel) de Barrios, 1683
Translated by: Anne Albert, University of Pennsylvania
Tsene Rene
Translated by: Shlomo Berger, University of Amsterdam
Turei Zahab-The Golden Columns
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University
Two Cases of Apostasy in Dubno in 1716
Records of the Court in Dubno, 1716
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Two criminal cases in the court of the city of Lublin
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University
Voice of a Fool
Anonymous (attributed to Leone Modena), 1623
Translated by: Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania
The Will of David Theodore [Todros] Kozuchowski
David Todros Kozuchowski, 1647
Translated by: Moshe Rosman, Bar-Ilan University
Wonderful, adventuresome and highly comical stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg in Mesopotamia beyond Utopia
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wonderful, strange, entertaining and amusing stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wonderful, strange, entertaining and highly comical stories and deeds of the world-famous people of Schildburg
Translated by: Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Woodstruck Deed
Judah b. Shabbatai, 1544
Translated by: David Malkiel, Bar-Ilan University
`Emeq haBakh'a
Yosef Ha-Cohen, 1575
Translated by: Kenneth Stow, Haifa University