AI English Translation, Pages 276-300
<del>Beginning of the case</del> On the Holy Sabbath day, 11th of Adar, year 5656
Mistress Sarah, widow of the honorable Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, of blessed memory, came and claimed
how the neighbor Khoja Menashe Yosef aforementioned lived in one house with
her son Ezekiel aforementioned, and while she was sitting there, Mistress
Mas'uda, wife of the aforementioned Yosef, came and insulted and blasphemed her with
very harsh words and slapped her cheek with two strong slaps
and caused her shame and disgrace, and also knocked off the headscarf
that was on her head and uncovered her head inside the house, and also tore
her tunic that was upon her, and she cried out a great and bitter cry
until the aforementioned neighbor came and saved her from her hand and sat her
beside him until her mind was calmed.
And this is the text of the power of attorney:
We, the witnesses signed below, in a session of three as one, were present
when the young man Ezekiel Yosef, of blessed memory, came before us and they performed a kinyan with him
with a vessel fit to perform a kinyan, from now, with the cancellation of all notifications
and the delivery of notifications that issued from his mouth, and a notification of notifications, etc., not
as an asmakhta and not as a template of documents, but with the stringency of all documents of
powers of attorney made according to the enactment of our Sages of blessed memory that are customary in Israel, how he made
appointed and designated as a trustee, representative, and proxy in his place the exalted Sage
Rabbi Yosef Hayyim, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, to litigate and speak and appease and forgive
with the woman Mistress Mas'uda, wife of the aforementioned Yosef, for everything
she did to his mother, the aforementioned Mistress Sarah, regarding insult and blasphemy and striking
and degradation and tearing of clothes and uncovering the head and all types of damage and suffering
she caused her, whether in body or in property, whether by the laws of Israel or
by the laws of the nations of the world, and he gave him permission to litigate and to compromise as he sees
fit, and whatever he does is done, and whatever he speaks is spoken.
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Nader <del>Aslam</del> Kafar
O first of what I saw in this land of the people who know our Lord Kafar the Jews
Jethro, a mighty man, and for this reason I traveled and came
If I can write to you today that it crossed my mind, I write today, my master
So-and-so on his hand likewise a thousand, because every day it comes to my mind perhaps
And I say on his hand safety and such, and I say I want you to send me from
this book, and that is because a letter reached me in Algiers in which there is news that
Sitt Gaza this died; likewise it was written to us, Sitt Gaza this dear one
I wonder if that is a lie or true, although my heart tells me it is true and not [a lie]
And I want you in any case to ask and inquire if that is true or not
And if that is true, may God have mercy on all, our world and not [his] world, O
We used to love her with great honor, and God knows, and this is not hidden from you
Upon
I want
And ah, that happened to me as happened to Sheikh Mansur the day the news reached him of the death
of Sheikh Mordechai Isaac, and he stood and rent his clothes and sat weeping the weeping
which has no end, and said that the news of the death of Sheikh Mordechai Isaac reached me
Then people said to him: My master, Sitt Gaza this is still alive and has not died. So he said to them:
I am not weeping for Sitt Gaza this, I am weeping for my soul which remained
an orphan without a mother. So it is with me, my master, the day I heard this news
I wept a weeping that breaks the heart; if it were a rock it would split, so how can a human?
I, my master, if an answer reaches me from you containing the truth of this news
If the dear one has died, may God have mercy on her, and if she is alive, may He preserve her
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him
A hadith was reported from the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said:
Just as God Almighty wants the world to remain until
the Day of Resurrection, so He wanted this sect to remain until that
time. Thus, the world shall not be void of a Jew. Even if there were a single Jew
at the top of a mountain, he must have a Torah with him; and whoever does not have a Torah
with him is not a Jew. And the meaning of His saying, Exalted is He: 'But you who held fast to the Lord your God
are all alive today,' He means by it those who hold onto the Torah and act
<del>according to what is in it, for they are the living in this world and the hereafter. And whoever does not hold</del>
according to what is in it, for they are the living in this world and the hereafter. And whoever does not hold
onto the Torah is dead, even if he is alive and provided for. For life is the
life of religion, not just the life of the body and soul, but the soul, the body,
and religion together. And that time will be a time of goodness and blessing, the time
of the Messiah. In it, God will return the kingdom and the rule to the Children of Israel, and build for them
the Holy House, and gather their scattered from the four corners of the world, and they shall have
<del>a king</del> a king as it was in ancient times, and they shall have authority over all
nations entirely. They shall have the rule, the command, and the prohibition over all
the world, and they shall have glory and elevation before God Almighty and before all
people. They shall have wealth, gold, and silver in great abundance, and the earth
shall sprout for them wheat, barley, and fruits of all kinds without
the labor of a farmer, neither plowing nor sowing, but it shall sprout by God Almighty
through rain. From that time on, death shall vanish from the world, and the people shall remain
And from that, when he was in Egypt, the father of Rabbenu David,
may his soul rest, was in the hands of Sheikh Abu Sa'd al-Tustari and his brother Abu Nasr,
and they loved him with a very great love. And Rabbenu Saadia was
in that time. And Sheikh Abu Sa'd was in Egypt and they advised him,
and he would say to him: 'O my master, do not oppose this man, for he is a man
famous and abundant in knowledge in all the world, so do not oppose him.' But when
Rabbenu Saadia, of blessed memory, did not listen to him, it was hard on Sheikh Abu Sa'd himself.
He was traveling in Egypt at that time with the rest of the people to every
person, and he saw the multitude of people who leaned towards Rabbenu
Saadia, except that Sheikh Abu Sa'd loved Rabbenu David.
At that time, a day when the great men of the people were required to visit
Sheikh so-and-so and his brother, Rabbenu David would go with them
with the people. When Rabbenu Saadia entered to visit the aforementioned
Sheikh Abu Sa'd, he found him sitting, and with him Rabbenu David was sitting with him. When
Rabbenu Saadia entered, Sheikh Abu Sa'd stood up for him and seated him,
and he sat down. But Rabbenu David did not stand up, nor did he move for him, nor
did he show him any courtesy. When Rabbenu Saadia went out from
Sheikh Abu Sa'd, he said to him: 'O my master, what is this action that
you did? It is not beautiful. Do not oppose Rabbenu Saadia, for he is a
great man. And how did you see what he did with you? He sat with you and
you did not stand for him nor show him courtesy, and he is today the head
of the generation.' And Rabbenu David heard those words and did not return an answer.
And he has a long story with Sheikh Abu Sa'd and with Rabbenu David,
the father of Rabbenu David, of blessed memory, with Rabbenu Saadia al-Fayyumi, of blessed memory, with
that. And Rabbenu Saadia did not cease ⟦...⟧
Letter
Gold has arrived in thought, coming from you, and with that I want to honor you with a letter
dear to you, and if the brother M. Salim arrives with my letter. The brother N. Y.
is in the town and he has the brother Salim. And all the dignity in the letter that arrived to the father
I read it all, and what was in my mind I wrote to the father about you and that suffices you
since you intended to send to me and to him, to the father, a letter from 4 days until the day
of your departure, that would be for the father a joy and also to the most important of that, and my mother
sends her regards to you and all the house <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the house
1920 and brighten that, and on the 18th of it, 18 Tammuz, the beginning of the new year, may God
return it to us and to you and to all Israel with prosperous years ⟦...⟧
If you had seen the family and everyone who asks about you with goodness, you would not have had any pain
and what will be is good <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> God willing that will be the reason
for the arrival, with the existence of the arrival from your side it will be good for everyone, and it is
that you be safe, along with all your household, and my mother and my father and everyone who asks about you
and everyone who asks about you and what is in your mind, that will arrive until it becomes
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And that was on the 11th of March 26th <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> after that, and that will be
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The father of David Shimon Daoud al-Baghdadi from Baghdad reached Rome in the year
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The date of the letter is from Abilu and take the answer, send it to me at
my father's, and as we ate <del>⟦...⟧</del> the sugar, there is no work for him and so
it is not appropriate to mention unless he has called for it, but what returns me from his interference
from him, there will be no reason from those who call upon him, and he is not a ruler, and so it shall be
the purpose from you, if you do not go back to him first, you go, otherwise they
it will be when the whole matter comes up through your hand, and let there be no mention of it, nor
there be <del>⟦...⟧</del> cloudy, and so the boy shall have no mention unless it be without doubt
it will be with him to it, and from it will be his request, or it will be not in his interference
and good and passed <del>⟦...⟧</del> and <del>⟦...⟧</del> <del>⟦...⟧</del>
perhaps if there was anything in it that suffices what is with him <del>⟦...⟧</del> ⟦...⟧ reaches first what
will be for you as it was <del>⟦...⟧</del> it will be the first that is possible with him
born for me unless they come up through your hand, even if there was in that <del>⟦...⟧</del> and thus
it was in that, and let there be nothing from you <del>⟦...⟧</del> it will be from you then
and so it will be from you, and so that first will be blessed, may He bless that
it will be in that <del>⟦...⟧</del> and what was at the brother, it will be in that my hand
it will be with him who takes, and if it is from you that is in ⟦...⟧ it will be in his interference
and likewise in that, in it will be in that which will be <del>⟦...⟧</del> your being
it will be under your hand, and O may His name be blessed, it will arrive with him the matter of that
from him who has mercy on that, and for you that he in the end may He have mercy on His name be blessed
and may He purify from you that He blesses him, and may he live in that and have mercy
upon him, may He have mercy and bless, for He will be blessed, He blesses him, and he shall be
confirmed blessed in him, it will be from that, Amen and so may it be His will, Amen
And these five written things as I bless you, King of the congregation of the supreme state, may God preserve him
In the name of the Merciful and Gracious. For I have written to you about the deeds of the prince of ⟦wailing⟧
The dear one and every noble, for I am shortening my words out of the magnitude
Of the sorrow that ⟦is increasing⟧ for you, I wrote these lines while my tear
Falls down my cheek as water, and everyone who sees me weeps for me a great weeping
And the breach of the daughter of Zion is as great as the sea; who can heal you? Prophets
Envisioned for you vanity and folly, and did not reveal your iniquity to return your captivity
And they envisioned for you burdens of vanity and seduction; they clapped their hands at you
All who pass by the way; they hissed and shook their head at this daughter of Jerusalem
Is this the city that they said is the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth? They swallowed and did not
Spare; they said: We have swallowed her; surely this is the day we hoped for, we found it, we saw it
The Lord has done what He purposed; He fulfilled His word which He commanded in days of old; He destroyed
And did not spare; and He caused the enemy to rejoice over you, He raised the horn of your adversaries. Their heart cried
To the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night
Give yourself no respite, let not the apple of your eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night
At the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up
Your hands to Him for the soul of your infants, who faint from hunger at the head of every street
See, O Lord, and behold, to whom You have done this! Should women eat their fruit,
Infants of their nursing? Should priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? They lie
On the ground of the streets, the young and the old; my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered and not spared. You have called as in the day of an assembly
My terrors from all around, and there was none in the day of the Lord's anger that escaped or remained; those whom
I have nursed and brought up, my enemy has consumed them all
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He takes for him the remains of a message in a cupboard, and the deserving people, he sent them to the place
and by the hand of Fahmi, and all of that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the Mukawwir shall have no involvement in it
The Mukawwir is not able to send in a cupboard, and if the count falls at the place
they have 560 from the people of the remaining animals, and they deliver them inside the place
which they deliver them to, for they are with them in the cupboard of the animals that he takes
the Mukawwir from the place, so the Mukawwir is not able to deliver anything to any of the people
not <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> from their animals, and the animals of the Mukawwir, the Mukawwir cannot deliver
and if there were 560 animals that are in the place, then the Mukawwir cannot deliver
and if the count falls <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and he delivers the animals that he takes in the place
which he takes from the place, the count will be with them <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> so the Mukawwir cannot
deliver to one of them anything <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> from their animals, and if the Mukawwir takes
animals from the place, then the Mukawwir cannot deliver anything to any of the people
and if in that place <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> of the animals, then the Mukawwir cannot
deliver anything to one of them, even if the animals that the Mukawwir takes from the place
are in the hand of the Mukawwir, and if the animals that the Mukawwir takes from the place
the Mukawwir cannot deliver anything to any of the people, and if the animals that he takes
the Mukawwir, are in the hand of the Mukawwir, then the Mukawwir cannot deliver anything to any of the people
He takes his right from that written obligation upon the Mukawwir <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
from his spending in that place, if the Mukawwir had delivered anything to one of
the people, the Mukawwir cannot deliver anything to one of the people
that obligation upon the Mukawwir is to deliver anything to one of the people, and if
there is in the hand of the Mukawwir anything of that obligation which the Mukawwir takes
and if the Mukawwir had delivered anything to one of the people, and if ⟦...⟧
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And they spent the night when I was fleeing on an oak in the desert and through
there he passed and near the Jordan, a place called
Beit Mayim and he found that with a wise man one asks and blesses over the Creator of
the lights at every hour because he does not enjoy the blessing of Formed
light and Creator of soft things as written 'And God saw the light
that it was good' and between light and between the darkness in which the darkness is not recognized
and rather if a parable at that hour he said 'And there was evening'
A parable that he created flesh and blood who cannot gaze and so in the Creator
or he asks if his mind certainly saw everything that he is not like one
of man all days so the world that cannot gaze
a way, as it were, a page that did not cut a covenant by day and night it is written
we have nothing but like a day that will not come nor morning as it is written 'And until morning'
he will say from the guard who sent night and not day that he cannot see
there and the fullness of His glory that He created all the angels so that they would not see the Glory
of a king of flesh and blood he cannot see and he cannot gaze
and for this if he should see us so a king of flesh and blood, Moses our teacher
peace be upon him, was praying and wanting to see and so he said 'Please show me
Your glory' and He said 'And you shall see my back but my face shall not be seen' so
it was that they should not see His face for one cannot gaze at the face
and even the angels and all the multitudes shall not see my face
With the help of God
Isaac son of Kafor said
Ali son of Ben Kafouri
Simon son of Isaac son of Hasson
And in this book, as God Almighty has placed us in this world
Every person has a time and a place in this fleeting world
From it are earnings, and from it are for God and for the way of God and for the way of the Rabbi
In which we are at this time, in it the relatives/attributions in which we are
From those who were in the religion and in the world and what was in it
One of them is the relatives/attributions that were in it, that were in it, that were
From those who were in the world, that were in it, that were in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And in this book that was in it, that was in it, that was in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And in this book that was in it, that was in it, that was in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And in this book that was in it, that was in it, that was in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And in this book that was in it, that was in it, that was in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And in this book that was in it, that was in it, that was in it
And that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it, that which was in it
And so it was with the people who came from Baghdad
And they fell into distress as in the aforementioned state, and where is God to save us?
He came to Baghdad in the month of Rabi' al-Thani, and thus there became
two states, Nader and the state of Ahmad Pasha, and the people of the city were besieged
in such distress, hardship, and toil until they ate carcasses and ate kittens
And likewise they burned reeds from hunger and they ate copper from hunger
And there was fear, hunger, panic, and endless death, from the beginning
of Kanun al-Awwal until Nisan, until God Almighty relieved us
by His grace. And likewise on the 3rd of Ab, Muhammad Pasha came and took the city
from the hand of Ahmad Pasha without war or fighting, and the people and the city
became secure, and he sat as a Sultan over Baghdad, and the rule of the military began
without law, and every day he killed people without number or
account, and the time was very narrow for the people, and everyone
who belonged to the English could not go out and could not walk in the market
And everyone feared for his soul, his children, and his money
And no one could trust his brother, and thus a high cost of living came upon us
A high price for wheat and barley until the weight of wheat reached four
hundred, and the weight of rice reached one thousand and one hundred, and the world was dying
from hunger, and of the people there died beyond count from hunger
And most of the people were eating bran and barley with wheat
And no one could go out from the gate of Baghdad to bring anything
from the countryside, neither wood, nor straw, nor fruit, nor anything
at all, and there was high prices, hunger, panic, and death
Amen
Abaye
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of the Merciful, Lord of the worlds, and I enter and strike with my hand
upon ⟦the horse/foundation⟧ with my hand and dwell in the house; I shall not fear Jinn nor
man nor Satan.
I, so-and-so son of so-and-so, in a house where no heavenly [harm] shall descend, nor
crushing, nor terror, nor from the Jinn, nor from the evil spirit
and the evil that they have dominion over the sons of Adam; and it shall not approach
any of them, and if I, so-and-so son of so-and-so, am in a house,
in the name of God, let no <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> evil descend upon them, nor
the terror in which they are, neither in the house nor in
the heaven, nor in the residence and the wall that He is guarding
over them; in the name of YHWH and by the hand of God, may He not approach anyone
of this house, neither from the heaven nor from the terror
in which they are.
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If one fears even disbelief,
fear God Exalted; it is said that the Lord [of] disbelief, God Exalted forgives it
without doubt, and other than that; as for injustice, God Exalted does not forgive it,
but rather one must return the wrongs to their people. And whoever wronged a person, let
him return the right to him and repent for that, unless he who died has died -
and upon him are debts. So, it is commanded for him from the good deeds; the creditors take from
his good deeds, and [it] is cast upon him from their bad deeds, and he is cast into the fire,
as the Prophet, peace be upon him, said in the Hadith of the bankrupt. He said: O Messenger
of God, who is the bankrupt? He said: He who comes on the Day of Resurrection with prayer, fasting,
and charity, but he has insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed the wealth of this one, shed
the blood of this one, and struck that one. So this one is given from his good deeds and that one from
his good deeds. If his good deeds are exhausted before what is upon him is settled,
[it] is taken from their sins and cast upon him, then he is cast into the fire.
And it was mentioned in another report that God Exalted says on the Day of Resurrection
to the creation: I am God, there is no god but I, the King, the Judge. There shall not pass
by me the injustice of an oppressor, even if it were a slap, even if it were with the palm.
Likewise, the hornless sheep will take retaliation from the horned one, and the ant from the ant (or as he said).
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In the name of
God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
One gold press "healer" and now their service is others
for the hour of the others "the" and the sixth press for him and now one
Gold flower one one warm one one one what
And the sixth water gold one one warm one thin one
In it one not pressed one and now warm <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> others pressed
One not pressed and flower thin pressed one one warm one
And now warm water not pressed and flower and now water service in the name
And then the other one repetition of service and now <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> water not
Pressed and now flower water and news returned pressed one
And now from gold one one no <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> water no pressed one pressed
In it flower one and now water service flower one in it thin
One water pressed Judah the water and now in the name
And now gold and in and now service and in the water
And now not pressed one water gold one one not pressed
In it water who one and in one one one one
And now not pressed who and now not pressed one one one
Pressed and now not water one and now one and in it one one
Water and now one and in it water pressed and now one warm
And now one and in it water pressed
And now pressed one water and in one who pressed one
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And now in it gold press one one one one pressed water
And now one not pressed one one water pressed one water
The date of the paper is 29 Av 93 and its content is that we ceased work
for a period of four days due to the birth of our daughter Mazal, and likewise
Teacher Meir began the mediation around 8 Elul. We received
a paper from you on 21 Av via the Sage Kadouri the broker, and we wrote
you an answer on 8 Elul and sent it by airmail, and on 22 Elul
so too we received a postcard from you via Kadouri the broker
and we wrote him an answer, and on 2 Heshvan we sent him an answer via the broker
and we have not received an answer from you since then
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Entered in the Waqf office on Thursday, 11th of Ab
To the attention of the dear brother, the light of the eyes, K. Eliyahu, may his Rock protect him
Your dear letter arrived, and in it you kindly mentioned to us the health
of your being; may God protect you and prolong your life, Amen.
And likewise, mention to K. Salem, may his Rock protect him, to be in goodness and health.
From our side, we are, thank God, in goodness and health as you would desire.
We went to Mosul and stayed there for 12 days, and
no business or anything happened for us, and we returned to Baghdad.
We arrived on Friday, 28th of Tammuz, and we had written
you a letter from Mosul informing you of our arrival
at that time. We had departed from Baghdad
on Sunday, 21st of Tammuz, with the large caravan,
and with us were a group of people from the town, such as K. Yosef
⟦...⟧ and others, and God's peace was with us.
Likewise, I inform you, my brother, that before my departure from Baghdad
I became acquainted with a merchant named K. Saleh K. David
Yaqoub, and he mentioned to me that he has with you a trust: a carpet,
a saddlebag, and a kerchief. He mentioned to me that I should receive from you the
aforementioned trust, and I said to him: 'God willing,
I will write to them, and whatever they tell me, I shall do.' And now, my
brother, if the trust is still with you, let me know,
and if you have delivered it to someone, let me know so
I may know the answer for the aforementioned man. This is what was necessary
to inform you. My peace be upon you and upon K. Salem, may his Rock protect him, and upon
the father and the mother and the brother K. Yosef and K. David and everyone
who asks about us, peace. And from the side of K. Saleh, he sends
you many greetings. May you remain in the protection of the Creator.
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It is said, Happy is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked
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And it says further, Happy is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in His ways
For thou shalt eat, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee
And King Solomon, peace be upon him, said, Happy is the man who finds wisdom
And the man who obtains understanding, for its commerce is better than the commerce of silver, and its gain than fine gold
It is more precious than pearls, and all your desires cannot compare to it; length of days
is in its right hand, and in its left are riches and honor; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
its paths are peace; it is a tree of life to those who hold fast to it, and those who support it
are happy; the Lord by wisdom founded the earth, established the heavens by understanding
By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down dew; my son, let them not depart
from your eyes, keep sound wisdom and discretion, and they will be life for your soul and grace
for your neck; then you will walk your way securely, and your foot will not stumble; if
you lie down, you will not be afraid, and your sleep will be sweet
Do not be afraid of sudden fear, nor of the destruction of the wicked when it comes
For the Lord will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being caught
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it
Do not say to your neighbor, Go and come back, and tomorrow I will give, when you have it with you
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, while he dwells securely with you
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm
Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways
For the perverse is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret is with the upright; the curse of the Lord is in the house
of the wicked, but He blesses the habitation of the righteous; if he mocks the scoffers, but to the humble
He gives grace; the wise shall inherit honor, but fools carry away shame
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The honorable Ezekiel Gabbai, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, on Thursday, 17th of Adar 5681, entered our small study hall
and delivered an excellent sermon in praise of charity and acts of loving-kindness and the virtue
of those who faithfully engage in public needs, and he blessed the congregation and blessed us
with the Priestly Blessing, and may it be His will that this blessing be fulfilled in us and in the entire holy congregation,
Amen. And after the prayer, we showed him great honor and escorted him to
the entrance of the courtyard, and he went to his house in peace. And on Sunday, the 20th of the aforementioned Adar, there came to us
the wondrous sage, the honorable Rabbi Shimon Agassi, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, and he also delivered a sermon,
very pleasant, in praise of charity and the virtue of those who support it, and he concluded with praise
for the honorable Ezekiel Gabbai aforementioned for his efforts for the benefit of the poor and the establishment
of the soup kitchen, and he blessed him and blessed the congregation and blessed us
and blessed the students, may there be many like him in Israel, Amen. And on Thursday, the 24th of
the aforementioned Adar, there came to us the complete and versatile sage, our teacher and rabbi, Rabbi Yaakov
Mutzafi, may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, and he delivered a very precious and pleasant sermon in praise of charity
and the virtue of those who engage in it, and he blessed the congregation and blessed us
and blessed the students and blessed the honorable Ezekiel Gabbai aforementioned
for his good and upright deeds, may there be many like him in Israel,
Amen, may it be His will.
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And he loved if he covered
if he wants to take from the people of that country rent as much as he wants
because if he did not take the rent from them, they would go down and join those who
paid them the rent and they return to them what is theirs to take. And that
being that they are inhabitants of that country and they have a right to it. And that is because
the country is of God, may He be exalted, and it is a garment for Him, and from the garment of the Exalted
a light emerges called 'Light because it is good'. Because 'good' in it is the Gematria
of El. And that light is the light of the 'Now', for the 'Now' is a garment for that
aforementioned light, and that light gives life to the 'Now' and it is a spirit for it
and just as the spirit gives life to the body, so the light gives life to the 'Now'
divine, and that is because the 'Now' is in the position of the body to the light
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The word of the Lord as follows
And Moses said to Aaron, to all the congregation of the children of Israel, come near before
the Lord, for He has heard your grumbling.
And it was, as Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: I have heard the grumbling of the children of Israel.
Speak to them, saying: Between the evenings you shall eat meat, and in the morning
you shall be satisfied with bread, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God.
And it was in the evening, the quails came up and covered the camp, and in
the morning there was a fall of dew around the camp.
And the fall of dew lifted, and behold, on the surface of the wilderness, something fine,
round, fine like frost on the ground.
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