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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
Early 19th Century
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Do you deem me to be hard and evil-hearted in that I should hasten to do a match during my period of mourning? Am I to forget the love of the wife of my youth, my pure dove, whom God graciously gave…
Contributor:
Akiva Eger
Places:
Märkisch Friedland, Kingdom of Prussia
(Mirosławiec, Poland)
Date:
1796
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There are facts of such an overwhelming power that even the most stubborn opinion must yield to them. Such a fact is the origin of Judaism in the midst of rude surroundings, like a vigorous…
Contributor:
Abraham Geiger
Places:
Frankfort, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
Date:
1864
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Rabbi Yose said: I was once traveling on a road, and I entered one of the ruins of Jerusalem to pray. Elijah [the prophet], who is remembered for good, came and waited for me at the entrance [of the…
Contributor:
Jacob Ibn ḥabib
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1516