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I had a vision in Salonika, as though the following words were said to somebody: Go lead Yakov the wise into the rooms and when you and he come to the first room, I admonish you that all the doors and…
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Jacob Frank
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ca. 1760
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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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It is known that in the case of any proper work to be accomplished or any project to be achieved, the essential point is the end goal [תכלית] of the project…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poland)
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1580
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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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Since the last saying has made it necessary to speak of things, which pertain to the eternal mysteries, namely the ways of kabbalah, I will not hide from the reader what is at the tip of my…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1570
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The first lesson addresses the question which every enlightened reader will raise concerning creation: It is told in our Torah that it indeed took place in seven days…
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Eliezer Ashkenazi
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Poznan, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1583
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The Holy Fire, one of the greatest examples of religious resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, explores a theological explanation for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
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Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
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Warsaw, General Government
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1942
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The communal treasurer stands on guard at the entrance to the rabbi’s home to make inquiry concerning every invalid or cripple, and by what name he is called. One can hear the noise of the people as…
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David of Makev
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(Maków Mazowiecki, Poland)
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ca. 1798
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In the blessing “With a great love hast Thou loved us,” we say, “and unify our heart to love and fear Thy Name.” This is apparently in contradiction to the principle…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
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Leżajsk, Habsburg Empire
(Leżajsk, Poland)
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Gen. 1:11: Tree of fruit producing fruit for its kind—Every tree is called a “tree of fruit,” and they all produce fruit, some for food and some for healing. As for the phrase, “producing fruit for…
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Ephraim Solomon Luntshitz
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1602