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And if anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers who reside among them partakes of any blood, I will set My face against the person who partakes of the blood, and I will cut him off from…
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them:
You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
You shall each revere his mother and his…
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Noble-mindedness is a very fine character trait in the soul of man, and it extends in many directions: primarily in three, which are, noble-mindedness in wisdom, noble-mindedness in power, and noble…
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Naphtali Herts Wessely
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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ca. 1780s
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Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
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Elijah Benamozegh
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Do not judge me so vain (O Reader) that, to make myself wise, I would publish my efforts for the world to see, especially when they open your eyes to their pathetic titles. For this is a…
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Angelo (Mordechai) de Soria
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire
(Livorno, Italy)
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1751
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[ . . . ] Each man should raise his children to Torah and good deeds. Each man should always ensure that his children learn Torah while they are still young and he should have them learn…
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Isaac ben Eliyakim of Posen
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1620
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The aforementioned lights are sufficient to flee from gossip and to shut one’s ears to the gossipmonger and to the talebearer because they are enemies to be greatly feared, which are found in a…
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Isaac de Moses de Paz
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Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
(Livorno, Italy)
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1734
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The initial premise of our argument—and the matters of which we speak are of ancient provenance—is that love can be divided into three categories, which are: the love of something beneficial, the love…
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Israel Najara
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
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Beginning of the 17th Century
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But when we live in houses of hewn stone…
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Jonathan Eybeschütz
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Metz, Kingdom of France
(Metz, France)
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1744
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Lucienne Bloch
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Grand Rapids, United States of America
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1953