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Even in the past, some thirty to forty years ago, when Jewish life in Russia was still very conservative, there was a difference between those cities and towns located…
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Meir Berlin
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1933
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In general, the power of the influence exerted by the Master, R. Mendele, on my revered father over many years since his return from (studying with) him, was very great. […
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Barukh Ha-Levi Epstein
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1926
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I know a town in White Russia [Belarus] on the River Dnieper. Its name is Shklov. I was born there, went to heder there, which is why I know it so well.
The flame of life burns calmly…
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Zalman Shneour
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Vilna, Second Polish Republic
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1929
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In a phrase of Hermann Cohen, Maimonides is the “classic of rationalism” in Judaism. This phrase appears to us to be correct in a stricter sense than Cohen may have intended: Maimonides’…
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Leo Strauss
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Cambridge, United States of America
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1935
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Besides these, there are students of outstanding ability in their Torah study seated constantly in his presence—they are swifter than eagles and mightier than lions, each…
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Ezekiel Paneth
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1805