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I have written this down in connection with all that befell us during that year five thousand five hundred and sixty-nine [1809] here, in our holy community of Pressburg. Now an omen of this had…
Contributor:
Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1809
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The Hasid praises the Almighty on the right hand, and the unbeliever tosses away and truncates the principles of faith on the left, while the Torah scholar, standing in the center, maintains silence…
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Moses Sofer
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Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
ca. 1820s
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A sealed Torah was given to us; it is doubtless a Torah of Truth but it is disguised. Every day the Holy One, blessed be He, renews those who study it for its own sake and they find a new taste in it…
Contributor:
Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1809