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Furthermore, with regard to a synagogue, one should be careful when leaving the synagogue not to leave with one’s back to the altar, where the Torah scroll is placed. Rather, one should face the holy…
Contributor:
Elijah de Vidas
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1579
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Human follies, silver and gold and possessions,
Last only shortly on earth, and like flies, they fly away.
Wealth flowers like abundant grain, or like a tree’s boughs,
It bears recognizable fruit…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
Places:
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
Date:
1626
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The concept of Love is further explained in the Zohar [II, Ki Tissa, 190b], where it is stated as follows:
The Torah contains within it love and brotherhood and truth. Abraham loved…
Contributor:
Elijah de Vidas
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1579