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There was a certain man in our country who had become totally impoverished, and who had betrothed his elder daughter to her appropriate mate. During the period of her betrothal—the date fixed for…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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Mid–16th Century
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Riboyne shel oylem, Almighty God, You created heaven and earth and all creatures with great compassion within six days and with only ten words. And on the seventh day, which is shabes koydesh, You…
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Leah Horowitz
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Glogau, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Głogów, Poland)
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Mid–18th Century
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Slaughterers and examiners of the meat must be God-fearing individuals who will examine the knife very thoroughly. In any event, trusted men should be appointed to examine the slaughtering knife…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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1607
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Enactments of our saintly, most illustrious teacher, R. Meshullam Feibush, head of the talmudic academy and the ecclesiastical court of the holy community of Kraków, to prevent people from violating…
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Meshullam Feibush
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1590
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Meanwhile Reb Zalman, all undeterred, was arranging a match for Deborah, and one evening he arrived with a brand new proposal, one that was—in these hard modern times—almost too good to…
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Esther Singer Kreitman
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London, United Kingdom
Warsaw, Poland
Date:
1936
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, women did not participate in the free professions regularly because at that time institutes of higher education had not yet opened their doors to them. The…
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Pinchas Kon
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1929
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It was Rabbi Benish’s practice to say his afternoon and evening prayers by himself in his study. When the news reached his ears he hurried to the prayer house. But it…
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1935
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Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of figure and beautiful of appearance (Gen. 29:17). Targum Onkelos renders this verse as “Leah’s eyes…
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Kalonimos Kalman Epstein
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Kraków, Free City of Cracow
(Kraków, Poland)
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1842
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Reb Shmelke:
Well, I can see that you are a clever man, so I will tell you the whole story in brief. [He takes a drink.] As you see me before you, I’m called Reb Smelke [Shmelke, as pronounced by a…
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Solomon Ettinger
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Zamość, Russian Empire
(Zamość, Poland)
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1839
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1553