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For it is not against me that these men have sinned, for what am I and what is my life? My days have passed like a transient shadow, and fly away as does a dream—like a dream upon…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1755
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Has he had the temerity to speak perversely against the foundations of the faith and of the Torah, and mocked the words of our sages of blessed memory recorded in the Mishnah and the Gemara, or has he…
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Saul Berlin
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1784
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Again, I caution you: when you go to some feast in celebration of the performance of a mitzvah, do not focus only on eating and drinking. Rather, you should first ask some sort of praiseworthy…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1660
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We want to make ourselves strong for our people and the cities of our God, and to raise the banner of Torah which had been thrown to the ground and trodden down.
Behold, this people of God is a…
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Jacob Berab
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1538
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The polemical Judeo-Spanish work (written in Hebrew characters) Fuente clara (Clear Fountain; drawing on Psalm 84) was published in Salonika. Its anonymous author, a philosopher and physician…
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Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1595
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The Lord spoke once more to His beloved people on the occasion of our teacher Moses wishing to see His divine glory: no man shall…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1670
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One must not close one’s ears to the heretic, as the orthodox can easily open his eyes. For this reason, pressure and punishment should never be used against any religion. Debates are useful. But…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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End of the 17th or Beginning of the 18th Century
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Before we write the answers to the wise man’s questions we will cite the questions he posed in his writings, so that the answers can be positioned opposite the…
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Mordechai ben Nisan
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Kukizav, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kukeziv, Ukraine)
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17th or 18th Century
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What do we call folk songs? Of course, these are the songs sung by the people. The songs can either come from unknown authors of the ancient, forgotten past . . . or these can be recently written…
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Joel Engel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901
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To the remnant whom Hashem calls Guardians of the Torah and Doers of His Word. May the Lord our God be with them and may they rise higher and higher
our brethren guardians of the faith of israel!
Ou…
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Agudas Yisroel
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1918