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Recently, Jewish feminists have turned toward the biblical figure of Miriam to expand women’s place in Jewish traditions. Penina Moïse anticipated the potential innovative role Miriam might play.
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Penina Moïse
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Charleston, United States of America
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1833
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On the eve of the Civil War, a Southern rabbi explains why the Jewish tradition requires an antislavery position. His congregants disagree vehemently with his stance.
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David Einhorn
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Baltimore, United States of America
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1861
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Since the law prohibits one, in no uncertain terms, from depicting figures, the question one may ask is how Jews have had all manner of paintings in their homes? And it is not enough to say that only…
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Moses Raphael d’Aguilar
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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I have realized, and my attention has been drawn to the fact that many people say that the salvation of women is not on the same level as that of men, for their [women’s] knowledge is limited. They…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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ca. 1550
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An amulet for a person with the falling sickness [epilepsy—Ed.]. He should wear it [the amulet] around his neck, and he should fast and ritually immerse, and it should be written in the first hour at…
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Anonymous
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16th or 17th Century
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I received your letter, and since you believed that I sent to you concerning matters of our Messiah of Truth, I shall fulfill the wishes of your heart and your feelings of deficiency, and I shall tell…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
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1670
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In summary, man was created not for his state in this world, but for his state in the world-to-come. His state in this world, however, serves as the means toward [attaining] his state in the world-to…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1738
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I am your God and Lord
Who with infinite power
Freed you from Egypt
Where you lived in suffering
And harsh despair.
Do not revere
Foreign gods before me,
And make no trophies
In the likeness of the…
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Leonor de Carvajal
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1589–1595
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If I have come to relate and tell, divulging the entire mystery of the Garden of Eden and the matters residing within it, of the species of trees, a book could…
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Joseph Taitatsak
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Early 16th Century
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The king assigned them portions of food and wine, each day on its day, from the king’s food and wine. They were to raise [the boys] three years; afterwards some of them would stand before the king…
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Samuel de Valerio
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Chalandritsa, Ottoman Empire
(Chalandritsa, Greece)
Date:
1580