Have a wonderful Jontef.

Sorry for being MIA all week. I have some pretty interesting posts coming up, if I do say so myself.

Some interesting Sukkos stuff:
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This is found on pp. 270-1 of a review article titled "Robert's Corrections of various Passages in the English Version of the Old Testament," in the Critical Review, or, Annals of Literature Vol. 17 (1796).

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This is commandments 168 and 9 respectively in Johannes Leusden's Sexcenta & Tredecim Praecepta Mosaica by Moses Maimonides (ie, Rambam's Sefer Ha-mitvos).

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This witty paragraph is from a column called Anecdotes in The Monthly Mirror, pg. 143 of the 1796 volume.

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This account of the annual atrog trade in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy is in "Travels in the two Sicilies (in the years 1777-79)," Vol. 2, by Henry Swinburne.

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This is from a footnote in vol. 2 of a Dutch machzor from 1791 called "Gebeden der Portugeesche Jooden."

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An dictionary/ encylopedia entry from 1774. In vol. 6 of "Nieuw en volkomen woordenboek van konsten en weetenschappen," by Egbert Buys. The entry is called Loofhutten Feest, or, Feest der Tabernakelen.

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Bernardo Jose Aldrete's 1614 work "Varias antiguedades de Espana, Africa y otras provincias." I mainly included it because it the turn of phrase "Elias Thesbites declarando" is quite fun.

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This excerpt is from a multi-volume 1766 work called Jewish Antiquities by David Jennings.

Be well!