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The Birth of the Ba‘al Shem Tov
One of the greatest phenomena, running like a thread throughout the spiritual history of the Jewish people, is mysticism, a remnant of ancient mythology, which could…
Contributor:
Avraham Kahana
Places:
Zhitomir, Russian Empire (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Date:
1900
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1836
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During the first half of the seventeenth century some extravagant notions of the near approach of the Messianic time, and more especially of the redemption of the Jews and their return to Jerusalem…
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Henry Malter
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1906