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CONTENTS

VOLUME TWO
PART THREE

Letters from the times of the Mystics and Humanists
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
48. The Community of Frankfort's call for help in defending
the Hebrew books against Johann Pfefferkorn 		331
49. A tribute paid to Solomon Molko before his execution 334
50. A Jewish merchant reports on life in Palestine 337
51. Rabbi Jacob Berab's attempt to reintroduce ordination 341
52. An invitation from Turkey to Provence 344
53. Samuel Usque dedicates his 'Consolations' to Donna
Gracia Nasi 		348
54. Elijah of Pesaro sets out for the Holy Land and settles in
Cyprus 		351
55. The persecuted Jews of Cori decide to follow Joseph Nasi's
call to rebuild Tiberias, and appeal for assistance to their
countrymen 		360
56. A Yiddish letter of a mother to her son from Jerusalem
to Cairo 		364
57. Rabbi Solomon Luria explains his way of praying 368
58. A picture of Jewish family life in Poland at the end of the
sixteenth century in a letter of a father to his son 		373
59. Salamone Candia of Verona writes one of the earliest
extant Jewish love letters 		378
60. Marrano diplomats: letters from Constantinople and
London 		380
1. Alvaro Mendez, alias Solomon ben Ayish, Duke of
Mytilene, offers thank to the Queen of England for her
favour

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Publication Information: Book Title: A Treasury of Jewish Letters: Letters from the Famous and the Humble. Volume: 2. Contributors: Franz Kobler - editor. Publisher: Jewish Publication Society. Place of Publication: Philadelphia. Publication Year: 1953. Page Number: v.
    
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