Audio | Petachia of Regensburg: A Medieval Ashkenazi Jew Travels to the East
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Audio | Petachia of Regensburg: A Medieval Ashkenazi Jew Travels to the East
🗺️ Petachia, from a Tosafist family, traveled overland through Eastern Europe to reach Babylonia (Iraq) and the Land of Israel, leaving behind notes, heavily worked by later hands, about his travels.
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Bringing premodern Jewish thinkers, events, and artifacts to life, from the famous to the obscure. The audio version of the weekly newsletter, read aloud by the author.